Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: On August 26, the U.S. Postal Service is honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa. On February 2, I submitted an application to the Empire State Building Lighting Partners requesting that the tower lights feature blue and white, the colors of Mother Teresa's congregation, the [...]
The Catholic League is happy to note that New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky will not seek passage of a bill that would have presumed consent of organ donation. We joined Assemblyman Dov Hikind and several Jewish organizations in fighting this bill.
Sign the Mother Teresa Petition Bill Donohue asks that you sign our petition in support of Mother Teresa.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue had the following to say about the Mojave Desert Cross found stolen today: A 7-foot tall cross cemented with metal bolts to a rock has been stolen from an area surrounded by rattlesnakes hiding in rock crevices, and the National Park Service says it does not know whether the act was [...]
Last night's "South Park" episode ridiculed Comedy Central for censoring Trey Parker and Matt Stone: the writers panned the station for not allowing them to depict Muhammad the way they do other religious figures. Included in the episode was a character of Catholic League president Bill Donohue; he was previously featured in another show. But in [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Comedy Central's decision to offer a new animated show, "JC," in its upcoming lineup: All we know about "JC" is that it will be a half-hour show about Christ seeking to live a normal life in New York outside the reach of his "powerful but apathetic father." But we [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue looks at the latest article by the New York Times on the Catholic Church There is no media outlet more obsessed with old stories about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church than the New York Times. Today's story is a gem. On the front-page, complete with a color photo, there is [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue questions whether the pope should visit England this fall: There are many ominous signs surrounding the visit by Pope Benedict XVI to England in September. First, there are now over 100,000 Brits who have signed "certificates of de-baptism" renouncing their former Christian status. Second, there are hate-ridden atheists like Richard Dawkins [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue finds interesting data in the New York Times poll on the Catholic Church: The pope's favorability rating among Catholics at the end of March was 27 percent. After hearing the non-stop negative media reports over the past month, his favorability rating jumped to 43 percent. How can this be? It's due [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue is supporting an effort led by New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind opposing bills that would allow the government to harvest human organs unless the prospective donor explicitly says no. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's bill is at the heart of the controversy: it would make New York the first state to presume [...]
