The following is a list of paid ads that the Catholic League has placed in various media outlets over the years: October 11, 2016: New York Times,"STOP MACY'S THOUGHT POLICE" May 2, 2016: Albany Times Union, "SEXUAL ABUSE LOBBY IS AGENDA-RIDDEN" February 29, 2016: New York Times, "SHAME ON DISNEY-ABC" February 29, 2016: To read the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue has written an open letter to Dean Baquet, executive editor at the New York Times concerning the anti-Catholic bias of one of the newspaper's senior reporters, Carl Hulse. To watch the video that captures Hulse's remarks, click here. To read the Washington Examiner's news story, click here. To read Donohue's letter, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how abortion rights are now seen as secondary to bodily integrity: The push for abortion-on-demand, a goal that is increasingly rejected by most Americans, has long been a staple of pro-abortion activists. But that right no longer defines this movement. Instead, it is just one of a constellation of [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the State Department's Commission on Unalienable Rights: One of the best gifts to emerge from the Trump administration is the creation of the State Department's Commission on Unalienable Rights. It is a tribute to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he appointed his mentor at Harvard Law School, Mary [...]
Bill In The News (CNSNews): New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill into law on Monday that prohibits the declawing of cats because, as Cuomo said, it is "a cruel and painful procedure." Commenting on Cuomo's actions, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said, "The same governor who pushed for a bill that [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article posted on the front page of the website of America magazine, a Jesuit publication: "Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity." That is what Vladimir Putin said last year in defense of Soviet communism. Agreeing with Putin is a contributor to America, the influential Jesuit magazine, Dean [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a bill signed yesterday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: The same governor who pushed for a bill that allows doctors not to attend to the health of a child after he or she has survived an abortion signed a bill yesterday banning the declawing of cats; New York [...]
On June 11, Michigan attorney Michael Bogren withdrew his nomination for the federal bench. The Trump nominee was being considered for a seat on the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan. The Catholic League fought his nomination from the get-go, and we were very pleased with the outcome. We were particularly pleased to note that the [...]
On June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, rendered an important First Amendment victory by upholding the right of patriots to erect a Christian symbol on public lands. Militant secularists, led by the American Humanist Association, wanted it demolished. One hundred years ago, family members of those who died in World War I [...]
William A. Donohue The Pew Research Center released the findings of a new survey recently on Catholic clergy sexual abuse. Most were predictable, but some were not. The survey found that 8 in 10 Americans say that Catholic clergy sexual abuse is an "ongoing problem," while only 12% say that these problems "happened in the past [...]