The following is a statement written by Catholic League president William A. Donohue: On September 11, the Catholic League staff looked out the window and saw the World Trade Center's Twin Towers collapse right before our eyes. It was October a year ago that the Catholic League's national headquarters was relocated to 450 7th Avenue in [...]
The Catholic League’s presence in the debate on stem cell research was evident in the pages of the New York Times and on TV shows like "Hardball with Chris Matthews," "Crossfire" and "Imus in the Morning"; Fox News Channel and UPN also carried league commentary on this issue. When the Catholic League issues a news release, it sticks [...]
On Interstate 5 near Medford, Oregon, is a billboard that reads, "The Pope is the Antichrist." The Catholic League got involved by joining with local Catholics to protest the sign. A spokesman for the owner of the billboard, Outdoor Media Dimensions, initially said he wasn’t sure whether he would post any more anti-Catholic messages once the [...]
On June 15, the Catholic League protested an ad placed by Lipton, demanding that it be withdrawn. Just a few hours later, it was. Patrick Scully, the league’s director of communications, explained the league’s position to Steven Milton, the public relations director of Unilever; Unilever is the parent company of Lipton. The ad, which was published [...]
Readers of Catalyst know that we have been protesting every newspaper ad placed by the Eternal Gospel Church. The ads refer to the Catholic Church as the "Whore of Babylon" and feed every paranoid belief about the Church taking over the world. Unfortunately, those responsible for the ads claim to be part of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church [...]
The Terrence McNally play about Jesus having sex with the twelve apostles will be performed this summer at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). The Catholic League entered the fray and immediately drew front-page coverage in local Fort Wayne newspapers. Bob Lockwood, our research director, lives in Fort Wayne and represented the league to the media. [...]
The Terrence McNally play that depicts Christ having sex with the twelve apostles, "Corpus Christi," was performed at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), March 28-31. Research disclosed that FAU has programs aimed at students who are Thai, Haitian, Chinese, African American, women, gays and Jews. Indeed, the same week it hosted "Corpus Christi," it featured several events [...]
It happened on a late Friday afternoon, March 30. Patrick Scully, the league’s director of communications, told William Donohue that an article had appeared that day in a Fort Lauderdale newspaper, the Sun Sentinel, claiming that when the play "Corpus Christi" opened in New York in 1998, "The league threatened violence…." Donohue immediately called the Sun Sentinel making the [...]
On March 6, Brit Hume of Fox News Network reported that CNN founder Ted Turner stunned CNN employees in Washington when he made an anti-Catholic remark on Ash Wednesday. Seeing ashes on the foreheads of some workers, Turner said, "What are you? A bunch of Jesus freaks? You ought to be working for Fox." The Catholic [...]
Daily Variety printed the following headline on March 8: "Catholic League prexy gives Turner a sermon." It then quoted Donohue on Turner: "He may be just as dumb as John Rocker, but unlike the Atlanta pitcher, he occupies a position of significant influence in our culture." Which is why Donohue floated the idea of shipping Turner off [...]
