On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected by the voting Cardinals of the College of Cardinals to be the new pontiff. The Augustinian priest chose the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American pope— he was born in Chicago—though he is not well known to most American Catholics. That is partly because [...]
To some, June is Gay Pride Month, but to Catholics, and to traditionalists who belong to other religions, it is Fidelity Month. Bill Donohue was very pleased that he was invited to participate in this event. Begun two years ago by Princeton Professor Robert George, Fidelity Month is a time to celebrate why we are proud [...]
The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday caught many as a surprise, though not as a shock. He definitely rebounded from the time he was hospitalized, but he never regained his normal stature. Pope Francis was treated far more kindly by the media than his predecessors. That's because he was seen as a champion of [...]
Look who's against fighting anti-Christian bias? An organized group of left-wing religious activists. The Interfaith Alliance is a hodgepodge of left-wing activists, spread across a variety of religions. They are furious with President Trump's directive to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi setting up a task force to root out anti-Christian bias in the federal government; we [...]
The Catholic League has filed an amicus brief in New Jersey defending the rights of priests. We are represented by the Pittsburgh office of Leech Tishman; our attorney is Russell Giancola. The lead attorneys for the case are from Cooper Levenson in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This case began almost seven years ago. Following the Pennsylvania [...]
In March, a Kansas-based group, The Satanic Grotto, announced that it was planning to hold a "Black Mass" on grounds surrounding the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka at the end of the month. The Satanic Grotto admitted that the purpose of the "Black Mass" is to engage in blasphemy targeted at Catholics. On Facebook, it said, [...]
On February 6, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a new Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty. To accomplish this goal, he appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi to chair a task force to "eradicate anti-Christian bias." "The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within [...]
When we went to press, Pope Francis was being hospitalized for double pneumonia and was not doing well. All scheduled events were cancelled. At 88, he appears to be failing. He has long had respiratory problems. As a young man he had part of one lung removed due to an infection, leaving him susceptible to respiratory [...]
In recent years the Christmas wars have subsided, though each year there are some ugly incidents. This year we got involved in what could have been a legal showdown, but ended mostly on our terms. On December 12, we were contacted by a Catholic League member who sought to have a nativity scene displayed in the [...]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision in March of 2021 to launch Operation Lone Star—bussing migrants from Texas to cities across the nation—turned out to be one of the most consequential issues affecting the 2024 presidential election. What he did was to turn a regional issue into a national one. That was a stroke of sociological genius. [...]
