All freedoms can be abused. That’s why the term literary license makes sense. A good example is "The Second Coming of Joan of Arc," a play by Carolyn Gage. She’s not only provided a lesbian twist to the play, she’s taken the occasion to dump on the Catholic Church. To the question, "Whose God Is It [...]
The Spring Break 2001 catalog of Abercrombie & Fitch resembles a porn magazine aimed at teenagers. It also bashes Catholicism. Inscribed on the plastic cover of the catalog is "A&F XXX Adventure: Get Wet Set & Go on Spring Break." The publication, which retails for $6 in most parts of the country and $12 in New [...]
On April 8, the pages of the Chicago Tribune, author Jason Berry wrote another one of his critical pieces on the Catholic Church (the Trib likes Berry almost as much as theBoston Globe likes James Carroll). Berry is the author of a book about priests and the sexual abuse of children. While no one denies there is a problem, the [...]
During the Oscar’s ceremony, actor Michael Myers presented the winners for best sound and sound editing. The comedian made light of their accomplishments and this, in turn, merited a statement of written apology from the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. We find this strange. Why didn’t Myers extend the apology? After [...]
The rock group, the Go-Go’s, will release a new CD May 15, entitled, "God Bless the Go-Go’s." The five female singers, who were popular in the 1980s, have posted a website (www.gogos.com) that is replete with Catholic imagery. On the home page, all five women are dressed as the Virgin Mary. They are dressed the same [...]
Everywhere they go, we go. Like a fly that just won’t go away, the Catholic League shadows the Eternal World Gospel in its tracks. When they succeed in placing one of their anti-Catholic ads in a newspaper, we write to the publisher pointing out our objections, asking that no more of these ads be accepted. In [...]
This is a sampling of the mail we received about our New York Times ad: "I have been sitting here for several hours thinking whether or not I should take the time to give you my opinion on your ad which appeared in the Times....You may offer any proof you want from any source you want [...]
Every year American Atheists hold their annual convention on Easter weekend. They do so because they think they’ll garner big media attention at a time when reporters are dying for a story. And every year they go home disappointed. But it least it fills their time. After all, if you believed in nothing and had nothing [...]
Catholics who are housed in a state facility for treatment of some kind of malady have rights, too. Ditto for inmates. Yet it often occurs that a two-track discriminatory policy is at work. We treat their issues just like everyone else, which means we first decide whether this is a matter for the Catholic League. If [...]
There are some things that people do that are so wicked that it is hard to believe that they are not deliberately fanning the fires of hell. Take, for example, an article written by Tristan Taormino, a lesbian ex-Catholic who hates Jesus. In a piece that appeared in the April 17 edition of the Village Voice (a sexplicit [...]
