Bill Donohue When Jews and Protestants are being considered for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, they are rarely, if ever, asked by legislators to explain how their religious convictions might affect their legal thinking. The same is not true of Catholic nominees: their faith often becomes center stage at the hearings. Sometimes it gets [...]
Bill Donohue We are asking New York State Attorney General Letitia James and New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg to investigate an apparent cover-up of sexual abuse that took place at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The twin entities failed to adequately deal with a serial sexual abuser, Dr. Robert Hadden, and they have [...]
The church invasion that took place at Cities Church on January 18 in St. Paul, Minnesota was a flagrant violation of constitutional law, federal law and common decency. It is the kind of behavior associated with totalitarian regimes, not democracies. Yet the outcry from all quarters—government, religious, civic, educational, the media—was miniscule. The purported cause for [...]
Russell Shaw, a prolific Catholic spokesman and author, has died at the age of 90. He was the former Secretary for Public Affairs of the National Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference. Last year he told Bill Donohue he was not doing well, and asked if he would still promote his latest book, Turning Points: How Thirteen [...]
A Catholic League staffer was recently having dinner with friends at a New York steakhouse when she witnessed a table of several mature women talking loudly, some of whom were throwing around the "f-word" with abandon. It used to be that such language would be heard in pubs, but not in pricey restaurants, much less by [...]
Prominent Politicians Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (MN-D) He called the arrest of those who invaded the church a "gross abuse of power." Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-D) Omar condemned the arrests tied to the Cities Church protest, calling them a "clear violation of the Constitution." She demanded that Don Lemon and others be released immediately and described [...]
We live in a world where self-absorption reigns supreme. Accordingly, the concept of self-denial is incomprehensible to most, and an anathema to others. Yet this is what Lent means. It is the most countercultural idea in America, and indeed in the entire Western world. That's because we've lost our moorings, which are grounded in Christianity. The [...]
Representatives of the clergy from several religions were present at the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani. But no Catholic priest was there. Representatives of the clergy from several religions were present at Mamdani's Interfaith Breakfast on February 6. But no Catholic priest was there. Significantly, the UJA-Federation of New York, the New York Board of Rabbis and [...]
Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, has been denied a chapter status at St. John's University. The student government at the Queens, New York campus did not give any reason, requesting that they reapply. But they have already been denied twice, and without cause. There is reason to believe that a political bias may be [...]
At 9:57 a.m. on February 11, we called for the outster of Carrie Prejean Boller from President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission. At 10:03 a.m., the chairman of the panel, Dan Patrick, announced she was booted. What triggered her ouster were her remarks she made on February 9. She told her fellow panelists and the audience that [...]
