One week ago today, an innocent Christian man, his wife, and their unborn child were tortured and burned alive in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. There has been no public response from the U.S. To read Bill Donohue's letter to President Obama, click here. We encourage everyone to contact his Congressman and Senators about this issue. [...]
Bill Donohue comments on last night's episode of the Fox TV show, "Mulaney," starring comedian John Mulaney: Mulaney, mimicking Seinfeld, offers typical sit-com fare blended with occasional stand-up appearances. But unlike Seinfeld, who managed to be funny without taking cheap shots at Catholicism, Mulaney can't pull it off without getting raunchy. He also fails to entertain. [...]
A New Hampshire Catholic woman was recently fired as a ballot clerk for saying "God bless you" as voters left the polls. To read Bill Donohue's letter to New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner, click here. Contact Gardner: wgardner@sos.nh.gov
Bill Donohue comments on the 2014 election results: Just two years ago, Catholics voted for President Barack Obama by a margin of 50 percent to 48 percent. On Tuesday, they abandoned Obama's party: 54 percent voted for Republican candidates and 45 percent went for the Democrats (60 percent of white Catholics chose GOP candidates). What is [...]
Bill Donohue comments on fundamentalist Christians attacking Catholics in the D.C. area: Over the past several weeks, a wave of crazed Protestant activists attacked Catholic churches in Washington and Maryland. They shouted anti-Catholic slogans with their bullhorns, passed out vile literature attacking the teachings of the Catholic Church, harassed parishioners going to Mass—they even stormed churches [...]
Bill Donohue comments on last night's episode of the Comedy Central show "@Midnight": "Jesus Christ Superstardust" was the name of the game where contestants had to guess if the person pictured was a hot priest, or an unemployed actor working at a restaurant. In the first round, they were asked to guess if the depicted person [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the 2014 Report on "Religious Freedom in the World" published yesterday by Aid to the Church in Need, a Pontifical Foundation entity: Aid to the Church in Need monitors religious liberty around the world. Its latest report covered the period October 2012 to June 2014. It concluded that of the world's 196 [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the latest example of intolerance for the religious rights of military personnel: A Latino Colonel writes a tribute to his mother in an Air National Guard newsletter, the Stinger, and learns that he has violated rules set by the U.S. Air Force; the Air National Guard is governed by Air Force rules. [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Walmart's decision to pull offensive Catholic Halloween costumes: Walmart has deleted from its website the three offensive Catholic Halloween costumes we objected to last week. Store officials made the right decision, albeit it took a barrage of angry Catholic patrons to trigger the outcome; they responded to our two news releases last [...]
