Monthly Archives: July 2003

WHO LIKES PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION?

By |2013-07-17T14:48:48-04:00July 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The quick answer to this question is Democrats, women and Jews. Fully 96 percent of those voting in the House of Representatives on June 4 to keep partial-birth abortion legal were Democrats. Among women, 55 percent voted in favor of partial-birth abortion. But the big prize went to Jews—88 percent voted to keep it legal.

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THE NEW REPUBLIC LIBELS MEL GIBSON

By |2017-03-20T17:56:20-04:00July 21st, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

In the July 28-August 4 edition of The New Republic, Paula Fredriksen has a lengthy article on the controversy surrounding the Mel Gibson movie, “The Passion.”  Commenting on it today is Catholic League president William Donohue: “Working with an unauthorized script of ‘The Passion,’ Paula Fredriksen has declared the movie to be anti-Semitic.  Neither she, nor any of [...]

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Daniel Silva: The Confessor

By |2017-03-20T17:56:20-04:00July 19th, 2003|Categories: Book Reviews, White Papers and Essays|

by Kenneth D. Whitehead (book review, Catalyst 7/2003) Daniel Silva, The Confessor,  New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.  HB; 401 pages. $29.95. What Notre Dame philosophy professor Ralph McInerny has aptly called "the defamation of Pius XII"—in his excellent book with that title—has unfortunately been so widely successful in the culture at large that many people [...]

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LEGION OF CHRIST UNFAIRLY MALIGNED IN CHICAGO

By |2012-10-12T18:43:51-04:00July 18th, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The Legion of Christ, an order of Catholic priests, is staging a big conference this weekend in Chicago.  As reported yesterday in the Chicago Tribune, some of the locals are not too happy about the event. Catholic League president William Donohue commented on this today: “Devotees of diversity should roll out the red carpet in Chicago for [...]

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NYC COMPTROLLER WILLIAM C. THOMPSON PROVIDES LINK TO PORN SITES

By |2012-10-22T15:20:53-04:00July 16th, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

Catholic League president William Donohue objected today to the use of taxpayer money to fund porn sites that are linked to the website of New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson: “On the homepage of New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson’s website, there is a link to the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender Directory of Services and [...]

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NEW YORK TIMES MAKES “COLLAPSED CATHOLIC” ITS TOP EDITOR

By |2019-09-20T19:31:03-04:00July 14th, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

The New York Times announced today that Bill Keller has been named executive editor. Catholic League president Bill Donohue immediately took note: “In a wide-ranging piece Bill Keller wrote for the New York Times on May 4, 2002, he said, ‘I am what a friend calls a ‘collapsed Catholic’—well beyond lapsed….’ He did not say who [...]

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CATHOLIC BISHOPS DID NOT CONDEMN GIBSON MOVIE

By |2012-10-12T18:43:52-04:00July 1st, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue spoke today to media reports that misrepresent the sentiments of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on the subject of the Mel Gibson movie, “The Passion”: “Several media reports, as well as comments made last night on CNN by Rabbi Marvin Hier, claim that the USCCB has branded the [...]

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VATICAN SENDS A MESSAGE: BISHOP O’MALLEY GOES TO BOSTON

By |2012-10-12T18:43:53-04:00July 1st, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the appointment of Bishop Sean Patrick O’Malley to lead the Boston Archdiocese: “To all those who have been screaming that the Vatican doesn’t get it, let them explain the decision to name Bishop Sean O’Malley the new Archbishop of Boston.  This appointment proves how utterly serious the Vatican [...]

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