Monthly Archives: January 2001

ASHCROFT AND BOB JONES UNIVERSITY: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

By |2017-03-20T17:57:11-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Senator John Ashcroft, who has been selected by President-elect George W. Bush to be attorney general, has come under fire for accepting an honorary degree from Bob Jones University. When this issue first surfaced, the Catholic League staked out its position in a release to the media: "Prior to George W. Bush’s address at Bob Jones [...]

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PIUS XII’S HEROISM

By |2017-03-20T17:57:11-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Nikolaus Kunkel served in the German Army at the time of the Holocaust. In a recent interview, he credited Pope Pius XII with saving the lives of many Jews, arguing that less would have been saved had the pope been more vocal in his public pronouncements condemning Hitler at the time. Kunkel recalled that German troops [...]

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TIME COMES CLOSE

By |2013-08-05T20:20:24-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Our file on Time magazine grows each year as the weekly magazine continues to insult Catholics. However, its December 4 edition came close to doing a short piece that was quite good. Until the end. Time ran a story on a play written by Karol Wojtyla that is currently being performed in Paris. The play, The Jeweller’s Shop: A Meditation [...]

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“60 MINUTES” DRAWS ON BIGOT TO SLAM CHURCH

By |2019-09-20T20:07:33-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On December 10, the CBS show, "60 Minutes," did a segment on the merger of Catholic hospitals with secular healthcare institutions. The focus of the piece was the unavailability of contraceptive services and abortions at these facilities. Morley Safer conducted interviews with several persons, including Frances Kissling of Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). Kissling was [...]

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MARILYN MANSON FIRES AT CATHOLICISM

By |2013-08-05T20:22:02-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Marilyn Manson’s new CD, "Holy Wood," is replete with assaults on religion and celebratory comments on violence. On the cover is a picture of Manson on a crucifix with his jawbone removed; both Circuit City and Best Buy have required Interscope Records to put an alternative cover on the CD. The new single from the album [...]

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DENVER AIRPORT OFFICIALS BOW TO CENSORS

By |2017-03-20T17:57:11-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Officials at Denver International Airport (DIA) have decided that the Mass schedule for Catholic passengers cannot be announced on its public address system. The ban comes in the wake of several months of deliberation: one person had previously complained that it was improper to announce the schedule of Masses on Sunday and holy days of obligation [...]

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SALON.COM SLUGS CATHOLICS ONCE AGAIN

By |2013-08-05T20:23:28-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In 2000, the online magazine, Salon.com, published several articles attacking one aspect of Catholicism or another. Most of its attacks were centered on the Church’s teachings on sexuality. Its latest foray occurred on December 13 when it published a statement allegedly written by a 15 year-old girl charging that her Catholic school is anti-gay. The piece, "Teens, [...]

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THOMAS MORE CENTER

By |2013-08-05T20:23:57-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

As our members know, the Catholic League fights anti-Catholicism by putting the media spotlight on the offender. A group that fights anti-Catholicism in the courts is the Thomas More Center for Law & Justice. Richard Thompson runs the Ann Arbor-based organization. We are pleased to work cooperatively with him; expect to hear more about the Thomas [...]

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HOUSTON PORN-ART GALLERY OWNER SHEDS BIAS

By |2017-03-20T17:57:12-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The Redbud Gallery in Houston, Texas is home to a blasphemous, obscene and racist exhibit. The exhibit in question, "Sextablos: Works on Metal," is a play on the Spanish word, retablo; retablos are Mexican paintings of saints on sheets of tin. "Sextablos" features many pornographic images, but by far the worst is the one by Michael [...]

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NOT SO OBVIOUS

By |2013-08-05T20:27:52-04:00January 23rd, 2001|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The New Republic printed a letter from William Donohue on a cartoon drawing that appeared in its November 20 edition. After noting that the cartoon showed Barbara Bush holding George W. in the pose of Michelangelo’s Pieta, he commented: "Now it is obvious that you could have made your point without insulting Christians. What’s not so [...]

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