by Sr. Margherita Marchione Members of the media seem to deliberately falsify historical facts about the Holocaust, periodically renewing their attacks on Pope Pius XII. Unfortunately these false statements can engender the same hateful feelings that in the past have led to both anti-Catholicism and anti-Semitism. In the words of the Jewish-Hungarian scholar, Jeno Levai, it [...]
William A. Donohue In a new book, NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw argues that those Americans who came of age during the Depression and the Second World War constitute our "greatest generation." Though I was not of that generation (I am one of those "baby boomers"), I would agree: there was something very special about that generation, [...]
By Kenneth D. Whitehead A well-known contemporary American playwright publicly claimed that Pope John Paul II "endorses murder" and accused him and other religious leaders of being "homicidal liars" after the brutal murder of an admitted gay man in Wyoming. Merely by continuing to champion the Catholic Church's teachings, apparently, the pontiff can get branded as [...]
William A. Donohue We get so much anti-Catholic literature sent to us from Protestant, mostly Evangelical, sources that it’s enough to make me wonder whether the Reformation ever ended. Some of it is just plain stupid, but there is also some pretty sophisticated stuff being published. This is not the place for a rigorous analysis of [...]
by Inez Fitzgerald Storck Good parents have always known that it is necessary to watch over their children’s reading. But Catholic parents today and even Catholic educators may not be aware of the extent of the negative elements in contemporary children’s literature. Many if not most books for preteens and teens attack Christian values. Examples of [...]
William A. Donohue In his magnificent encyclical, Veritatis Splendor, Pope John Paul II said that the foundation of freedom was the Ten Commandments. This is, without doubt, one of the most radical and counter-cultural ideas of our age. It not only runs counter to the dominant thinking in the West, it is rejected with a ferociousness [...]
By Rick Hinshaw "Courts no longer see religion as an allergen in the body politic." That's how Kevin Hasson, president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, viewed the June 10 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court upholding inclusion of religious schools in Milwaukee's school voucher program. Some might see such exuberance as a bit premature. [...]
Testimony of William A. Donohue, Ph.D., President, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights before the United States Civil Rights Commission on May 20, 1998 during a Public Hearing on Schools and Religion. I very much appreciate the opportunity to testify today on the subject of schools and religion. As president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil [...]
The following op-ed piece by William Donohue appeared in the New York Daily News on May 19. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has done more to restore civility to New York than any other mayor. That is why it is so frustrating to see him now endorse legislation that would help to destabilize the institutions of marriage and the family, [...]
by Sister Margherita Marchione With the issuance of the Vatican document, "We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah," voices adversely judging Pope Pius XII’s alleged "silence" have increased. Some writers are igniting flames of hatred by claiming that the Catholic Church is responsible for the Holocaust. The evidence is overwhelmingly to the contrary. Through public discourses, [...]
