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, [...]
by William A. Donohue At the conclusion of John M. Swomley’s article in the January/February edition of The Humanist, the credits read that he is "emeritus professor of social ethics at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, and president of Americans for Religious Liberty." It would be more accurate to say that Swomley is [...]
by Sister Margherita Marchione Pope Pius XII was not a German collaborator nor was he pro-Nazi. Neither was he inactive nor silent. As a member of the Catholic Church, I resent the blatant accusations against the diplomacy of the Pope and the Church during World War II. This is not only indecent journalism but it also [...]
By Rick Hinshaw, Director of Communications It is now 25 years since the Supreme Court declared unborn children to be non-persons, opening the floodgates to a slaughter of innocent human life unprecedented in our nation's history. Pro-life people were horrified by Roe vs. Wade. They foresaw the mass destruction of pre-born life which it would unleash; and they [...]
by Evan Gahr Whether it’s news shows that ignore religion or entertainment programs that regularly depict clergymen as buffoons, hypocrites, or outright perverts, television remains ground zero for the culture of disbelief. Rabbi Marc Gellman, one of the first clergymen to appear regularly on network television in some 40 years, says that "there’s an anti-religious perspective [...]
Richard C. Lukas, Ph.D. The Holocaust is a hot topic. State legislatures have voted to have it taught in schools. Holocaust museums mushroom across the country. Publishers indiscriminately print anything relating to the subject to boost their profits. The media regularly commemorate Holocaust anniversaries. Even Steven Spielberg, after making millions of dollars on "Jurassic Park" and [...]
The following Op-Ed article was published in the Los Angeles Times on August 11, 1997. Howard Rosenberg ("Nothing Sacred, but Much Ventured," August 6) likes the pilot to ABC’s "Nothing Sacred" but confesses that he understands why some Catholics might be troubled, if not outraged, by the show. Let me explain why. The central problem with the show [...]
On May 21, two New York Jewish organizations censored literature supplied by the Catholic League for a conference on prejudice. The Bi-County Conference for Educators, a group from Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island, held a conference entitled, "Reducing Prejudice: A Matter of Education." It was principally sponsored by the American Jewish Congress Center for [...]
by Mary Ann Glendon The Catholic Church is preparing to celebrate the Jubilee year 2000 and I am proud to have input into this event. After recently attending a meeting in Rome of the Central Comittee that is handling the affair, I came away with certain anxieties about one aspect of the Jubilee preparation. They concern [...]
