Last month I addressed the question of the Catholic League's politics, so this month I thought I'd discuss the League's style. If there is one criticism of the Catholic League that is persistently made it is that the League is entirely too hard-hitting in its style. Interestingly, this criticism comes predominantly from Catholics, though others have [...]
Unfriendly news reporters often tag the Catholic League as "the archconservative Catholic League," or something to that effect. Friendly news reporters don't make that charge, but they are curious as to how I respond to such charges. Now that I've been president of the Catholic League for two years, the time is right to clear the [...]
William A. Donohue As the dust is settling over the movie "Priest," it now seems like an opportune time to address some of the complaints that were registered against the Catholic League's criticisms of the film. Most of the comments that the League received, I am pleased to report, were quite favorable, but, alas, "you can't please [...]
The founder of the Catholic League, Father Virgil Blum, was fond of saying how Catholics lacked the courage that was needed to combat bigotry. Unfortunately, Father Blum's observation, made during the 1970s and 1980s, had a certain ring of truth to it. But these are the 1990s and the organization he launched is now in the throes [...]
I have never met, nor am I likely to meet, Frank Hauck, Catherine D. Grantz, Richard A. Schaefer, John S. Herron, Phil Brennan or Arthur J. Nicholson. Nor am I likely to meet Edward H. Maloney, Father Michael T. Driscoll, Sister Carol Stovall or Father Charles E. Hawkins. But I wish I could. All of them played [...]
There is a great deal of distortion and outright lying going on about the Catholic Church these days, and the time has come to name names. I'll begin at home base. Over the past several years, Father Andrew Greeley has made quite a spectacle of himself hawking his sex novels. But usually Father Greeley can be [...]
We have rolled into 1995 with a string of victories. Dr. Elders is gone, Bameys department store has been chastened, nativity scenes have appeared on public grounds and the Madonna and Child stamp series has been saved. The Catholic League was involved in all of these victories, sometimes in communion with others, and sometimes strictly on our [...]
As the year comes to a close, we at the Catholic League are struck by two outstanding sentiments: gratitude and optimism. We are very grateful for the generous support that our members have given us and we are quite optimistic about the future of the Catholic League. All indicators are positive. The level of support that [...]
There are several ways I can measure the success of the Catholic League. When I receive kind words from people like Bishop Dudley of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, or from people like Roger McCaffrey of the Latin Mass Magazine, I know we're on the right track. When the media keep calling us for interviews, that's a good [...]
It's quite gratifying to receive so many letters from Catholic League members complimenting us on our feisty style. It should be noted that our members are no wimps either. Consider the following. Over the past few months, Catholic League members have been asked to support new anti-condom ads and to sign petitions demanding fair treatment by [...]
