When the Catholic League learned that the Kansas City Star commenced a sex survey of Roman Catholic priests, it immediately decided to follow suit by issuing its own survey of the newspaper’s staff. On October 15, Mark Zieman, editor and vice president of the Kansas City Star, sent a letter to Roman Catholic priests, all of whom were randomly [...]
When "Dogma" opened on November 12, William Donohue and Patrick Scully went to see it. Here are the comments that Donohue released to the press about the movie: "The most extensive laughter was when the sarcastically-written disclaimer appeared on the screen. Once the film began, that was just about it. Never in my life have I [...]
A beastly art exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art drew a strong response from the Catholic League and quickly attracted international attention. A British art exhibit, "Sensation," not only displayed dead animals and sexually mutilated bodies, it featured a painting, "The Holy Virgin Mary," that was laced with elephant dung and spotted with pictures of [...]
After months of controversy, "Dogma" opens November 12. It was featured at the New York Film Festival on October 4-5; a protest rally greeted the movie outside Lincoln Center. The entertainment media, in particular, continue to seek the Catholic League’s voice on the film. John Podhoretz of the New York Post branded the movie "virulently, even obsessively anti-Catholic." [...]
October 4: Les Kinsolving of WCBM radio, Baltimore, in the Briefing Room of the White House, presents White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart with a Catholic League "Vomit Bag": "Bill Donohue of the Catholic League distributed vomit bags at the museum on Saturday and I know he’d like you to have one…." Lockhart accepted the bag [...]
The attack on Pope Pius XII reached new heights with the release of a book by British author, John Cornwell. In Cornwell’s Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII (Viking Press), the Cambridge University researcher alleges that Pius XII was an anti-Semite who helped Hitler come to power. The October edition of Vanity Fair ran an excerpt from the [...]
Following the Catholic League’s public statements against the U.S. Navy, an apology was granted to the Knights of Columbus by Captain R.W. Jerome, the officer who had barred the Knights from meeting in a naval chapel in Chesapeake, Virginia. In the last issue of Catalyst, we reported that Captain Jerome had taken action against the Knights because [...]
The battle over "Dogma" is in full-swing. The Catholic League is in possession of the script and will soon make available a booklet that describes why the film is so offensive (it is scheduled to open in October). On June 22, at a press conference on the film, William Donohue dubbed it "Howard Stern-type humor," filled [...]
Father Thomas Haren walked into the Library of Congress on January 22nd and was told by a security guard that he had to remove the sweatshirt he was wearing over his Roman collar. He was informed that his sweatshirt was "political" and therefore could not be worn in the library. The sweatshirt read, "St. Jerome Church Marches [...]
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has announced that it is launching a massive campaign directed at undermining the Vatican’s role in the United Nations. The IPPF, which is headquartered in London, is urging "governmental, non-governmental and other institutions to endorse existing appeals for a review of the Vatican’s status with the United Nations." To counter [...]
