Three times over the summer Bill Donohue wrote to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, imploring him to demand that FBI Director Christopher Wray come clean with the real reason why the agency was investigating Catholics. For reasons still unexplained, it was revealed earlier in the year that the FBI's Richmond Field Office [...]
We made the FBI's probe of Catholics the lead story in this issue not only because it is an outrageous abuse of power, but because it signals something sinister about the way the top brass at the agency views Catholicism. When the latest chapter in this story broke on August 9, we checked on August 10 [...]
The least serious thing that happened to the Los Angeles Dodgers over "Pride Night" weekend, June 16-18, was to lose all three games to the San Francisco Giants; the Dodgers scored a total of 8 runs; the Giants scored 29. The worst thing that happened was being trashed by Catholics, tarring their reputation. In the five [...]
On June 30, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment rights of a Colorado woman, Lorie Smith, must be respected when it comes to forcing her to express beliefs that are contrary to her conscience. This was a great victory for free speech and freedom of religion. The Catholic League [...]
As we went to press, we learned that the Los Angeles Dodgers have reinvited the anti-Catholic homosexual drag group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, to an LGBT event. But this issue is not over. It was announced in mid-May that the "Sisters" were to be presented with a Community Hero Award at the "10th Annual LGBTQ+ [...]
Disney has seen better days. The latest financial data shows that these are bad times for the once family-friendly giant. In mid-May, it was reported that Disney+ subscriptions had taken a nose dive, plummeting by 4 million customers around the world. Its streaming business lost $659 million during the first three months of this year. It [...]
The Catholic League's documentary, "Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom," was an entry in the L.A. International Short Film Festival; the U.S. was one of 22 nations to offer nominations. We were nominated for six categories, and we learned on March 24 that we won in four of them—we even won the big one! We won the award for [...]
The FBI wants Catholics to rat on each other. In doing so, it has crossed the line. On April 11, Bill Donohue wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking him to make public those documents that are related to the FBI's outreach program to "mainline Catholic parishes" and "local diocesan leadership." They were targeted because of [...]
The Biden administration is threatening to excise the religious rights of students on campus installed by the Trump administration. Under Trump, colleges and universities were prohibited from restricting religious student group activities; if they did, their federal funding would end. Now the Biden administration is seeking to overturn this rule, allowing institutions of higher education to [...]
When "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker depicted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—making cartoon characters out of them—the celeb couple threatened to sue. This inspired the New York Post to interview Stone and Parker. The creators said their work has been the subject of "various lawsuits," adding that they have been criticized so many [...]
