Bill Donohue When patrons tell bartenders it is time to “86” that guy at the end of the bar, they mean he’s drunk and should be cut off. In other contexts, it might mean to nix, or to cancel, someone. It might also mean something more serious. When James Comey aligned seashells to read, 86 47, [...]
Bill Donohue Few things excite the media more than a juicy sex story about Catholic priests, no matter how half-baked the story is. The latest iteration of this phenomenon came on the day Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. Wasting no time claiming he is guilty of covering up priestly sexual abuse was SNAP (Survivors [...]
This article was originally written by Fr. Gordon J. MacRae on Beyond These Stone Walls in May 2018 If there exists a Catholic priest still in denial about the agenda of SNAP, it’s because he has lived with his head in the sand blind to the threat lying in wait for him. In 2009, at the [...]
Bill Donohue Cardinal Robert Prevost chose to be known as Pope Leo XIV partly because he identified with Pope Leo XIII’s interest in meeting the challenges of the industrial revolution. Today, he says, the technological challenge comes from AI, or artificial intelligence. He warns that it poses “new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice [...]
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses newly elected, Pope Leo XIV, with Teresa Tomeo. To listen, click here. (Bill’s Segment Begins at 50:55)
Bill Donohue Lots of people are wondering whether Pope Leo XIV is a reformer in the same vein as Pope Francis, or more of a traditionalist like Francis’ two predecessors. It depends on the issue, but to those who think he is a clone of Francis, they are wrong. Importantly, he is not an ideologue. It [...]
Bill Donohue The voting members of the College of Cardinals elected an Augustinian priest, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, to be the new pontiff. He chose the name Pope Leo XIV. While he is the first American pope—he was born in Chicago—he is not well known to most American Catholics. That is partly because the 69-year old [...]
On Thursday, May 8, Bill Donohue discussed the Conclave on Merit TV's "The News on Merit TV." While he was on the air, the broadcast captured the white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel. To watch the interview, click here.
Bill Donohue As we approach Mother’s Day, it is inspiring to note that mothers are among the happiest persons on earth. Interestingly, this has nothing to do about being a woman: It is women who have families who are the happiest. Indeed, the obverse is also true: single women are among the least happy. The most [...]
Bill Donohue U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is zeroing in on the medical profession’s role in providing services to sexually confused minors. She will focus on “the medical community’s fraud and exploitation of parents and children who have fallen prey to radical gender ideology.” She said the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not sit back and [...]
