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. [...]
According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump won the Catholic vote 56 percent to 41 percent. That's a great triumph for religious liberty. Exit polls showed that it wasn't abortion that hurt Kamala Harris the most with Catholics, it was other issues. Among them, surely, was her stand on religious liberty. Moreover, when a candidate loses [...]
Every year the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a group of militant atheists—whose love for abortion is on a par with their love for Christian bashing—like to erect a silly Winter Solstice exhibit at the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. This year they are in for a surprise. We have decided to send these activists a lesson, [...]
On October 10, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer insulted Catholics nationwide when she intentionally ridiculed the Eucharist in a video. She then compounded the problem by lying about it. We led the charge against her, resulting in a media blitz, forcing her to say something. The short video was posted by podcaster Liz Plank on her Instagram [...]
In the vice presidential debate, Senator J.D. Vance accused Minnesota Governor Tim Walz of signing a bill that allows for infanticide. He said, "as I read the Minnesota law that you signed into law, it says that a doctor who presides over an abortion, where the baby survives, the doctor is under no obligation to provide [...]
