President Trump's criticism of the 1989 Supreme Court decision, Texas v. Johnson, that legalized burning the American flag, is deserving of great respect, notwithstanding some problems with it. Trump was right to say, "The people in this country don't want to see our American flag burned and spit on." This alone is not sufficient reason to [...]
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died. He was a committed evangelical, a brilliant psychologist and an influential conservative activist. He also helped build good relations between Protestants and Catholics. In 2005, Bill Donohue was honored when he shared a stage with many Protestant leaders at a "Justice Sunday" event in Louisville, [...]
Every year the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) releases its annual survey results assessing free speech on college and university campuses. The "2026 College Free Speech Rankings" was recently published, and the results are not sanguine. Indeed, they are disturbing. The survey included 68,510 student respondents from 257 colleges and universities. The average overall [...]
Trying to get accurate information about the LGBTQ Catholic participation in the Holy Year Jubilee can be frustrating. Misinformation and disinformation abound, but in the end the consensus was these disaffected Catholics did not get what they wanted—a big shout-out from the pope. It never happened. "Did Pope Leo welcome LGBTQ Catholics at Jubilee events?" Putting [...]
The day after the mass shooting of Catholic schoolchildren, Bill Donohue wrote to President Trump asking him to do more about anti-Christian bigotry. After commending him and FBI Director Kash Patel for treating this incident seriously, he said the following. "What happened in Minneapolis was not an isolated incident. Attacks on Catholics, and indeed all Christians, [...]
There was a time, not too long ago, when to call someone a socialist was to stigmatize him. No more. Most Democrats proudly admit they are now socialists. Even communism is making a comeback. Gallup released a survey on September 8 that found most Americans still view capitalism more favorably than socialism, but this is not [...]
FBI Director Kash Patel got it right when he labeled the Minneapolis mass shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and an anti-Catholic hate crime. Did Robert Westman (who changed his name to Robin after he falsely identified himself as a woman) also hate others, besides Catholics? Yes, there were many demographic groups whom he hated, [...]
Bill Donohue Privileged Background Many politicians are chameleons who walk back their positions with alacrity, but it is not every day when someone comes along whose biography and stated policies smack of rank inauthenticity. Meet Zohran Mamdani. He is the little-known 33 year old New York Assemblyman who beat former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in [...]
Bill Donohue The Jewish Majority, an organization that seeks to offer an accurate rendering of Jewish priorities, has elicited the support of more than 900 rabbis across the country stating their opposition to New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani. They cite his record of virulent anti-Semitism as their principal objection. “When public figures like New [...]
Bill Donohue A new Pew Research Center survey on the role of religion in American society is good news for believers, but not for non-believers. From the perspective of the Catholic League, which does battle with the foes of religion, especially Catholic bashers, this is great news. Is religion growing in influence or declining? In February [...]
