Subscribers of the New Yorker who are anti-Catholic (not a few we would guess) have come to adore James Carroll. Carroll is a former priest who today competes with many former priests and seminarians as the biggest anti-Catholic bigot on the block. With his latest book, we think he’s won. Constantine’s Sword, the Church and the [...]
In the November Catalyst, we ran a story, "Their Idea of Fairness," wherein we reported that Insight Media had a catalog of videos and CD-ROMS for students that included some good selections on religion, but also some lousy selections on Roman Catholicism. We told our members that head of the company, Jeff Morris, failed to respond to [...]
The 2000 elections will be remembered for lots of things, few of them honorable. Among the long list of dishonorable things, count the unseemly mix of politics and religion that colored so many of the races. To be specific, the extent to which candidates carried their campaigns into houses of worship was appalling. Though Republicans and [...]
The October 27 episode of ABC’s "Politically Incorrect" triggered a record number of complaints to the Catholic League. The discussion was Halloween and how it relates to paganism. The show’s host, Bill Maher, commented how "Christianity is grafted on paganism"; media critic Holly McClure agreed. Actor Guy Torry then remarked, "Halloween was started in the Catholic [...]
Catholic churches and Catholic religious symbols continue to be vandalized in many parts of the country. For three years, Father Thomas Flowers, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Chesapeake City, Maryland has led his church and the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus in erecting small crosses at a prominent roadside. This year [...]
When 73-year old Dennis Heiner went before State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Farber, he knew he could get a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. His crime? Painting over the dung-laden portrait, "The Holy Virgin Mary," that was featured at the Brooklyn Museum of Art last year. But on November 14, Justice Farber slapped Heiner [...]
In October, a Florida appeals ruled that a school voucher program that targeted poor families was constitutional. But in November, ballot initiatives that would allow vouchers lost in Michigan and California. The Catholic League, which views school choice as a civil right, gets involved in the issue when anti-Catholicism emerges. That is why it jumped on [...]
Borders is one of the nation’s largest bookstore chains. It has every right to carry John Cornwell’s dishonest screed on Pope Pius XII, Hitler’s Pope, but it has no moral right to promote the book as if it were the gospel truth. The October issue of the catalog, "Inside Borders," has an ad for Cornwell’s book [...]
On October 29, William Donohue appeared on "News Forum," a Sunday morning talk show on the NBC New York affiliate. Hosted by veteran reporter Gabe Pressman, Donohue debated Kelli Conlin of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) on the subject of abortion and politics. When Conlin lied about NARAL’s position on a piece of legislation, [...]
Fox Searchlight, a division of 20th Century Fox, has released a movie for the holiday season that is anything but joyous. "Quills" is a fictional account of the Marquis de Sade, a French maniac who lived at the time of the Revolution and died in a lunatic asylum in 1814. His life was so sick that they [...]
