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Bill Donohue to Newsmax: Next Pope Must Clear Up Confusion Left by Francis

By |2025-04-23T15:25:44-04:00April 22nd, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (Newsmax): Donohue emphasized that "when people see that, they say, Wait a minute — can we get rid of this confusion, can we get some clarity here? Because we need a greater coherence of vision and whoever comes in next, that hopefully will be the principle job that he has to do." [...]

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How Pope Francis’ history of criticizing Trump and embracing LGBTQ rights rankled conservative Catholics

By |2025-04-21T14:08:05-04:00April 21st, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (New York Post): Bill Donohue, president of the Manhattan-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told The Post that Francis’s papacy will be eyed as a “net minus” because of his uneven approach to US leaders. “I mean, Trump hadn’t been in office a couple of weeks, and the Pope is [...]

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Faith leaders reflect on Pope Francis’ death, papacy and lasting legacy: ‘Made his mark’

By |2025-04-21T14:04:07-04:00April 21st, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (Fox News): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, shared with Fox News Digital, "Catholics around the globe are mourning the death of Pope Francis. He touched millions of the faithful, including non-Catholics and non-believers. When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio assumed the role of Pope Francis, his down-to-earth style captured the plaudits of [...]

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Why Do Leftists Still Love Masks?

By |2025-04-15T09:41:54-04:00April 14th, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (American Spectator): Today, four percent of Americans still wear masks when going to stores and other businesses. Who are they? A recent Pew Research survey revealed that they are mostly Democrats. This explains why the majority of Republicans (62 percent) said that during the pandemic, there should have been fewer restrictions, but [...]

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Paul Kengor: The ACLU’s religious ignorance

By |2025-03-28T13:19:12-04:00March 27th, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (TribLIVE): The ACLU of Massachusetts is challenging a decision by the city of Quincy to erect two statues of Catholic saints outside the public safety building. The saints are Florian and Michael the Archangel, the patron saints of firefighters and police officers, respectively. As Donohue notes, the ACLU knows religious statues adorn [...]

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‘Hot Jesus’: Northwestern class is ‘anti-Christian bigotry,’ Catholic leader says

By |2025-03-27T09:11:25-04:00March 27th, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (The College Fix): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, criticized the course in a statement given to The Fix. He also shared with The Fix a copy of the letter he plans to send Northwestern University leadership today, demanding answers about the class. “The syllabus is [...]

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ACLU sues West Virginia for grant to Catholic trades college

By |2025-03-25T08:42:03-04:00March 25th, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (The College Fix): “In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that students who attended religious schools (in this instance they were Catholic schools) could receive public transportation without violating the Constitution,” Donohue stated. “The high court ruled that the law had a ‘public purpose,’ which was the [...]

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The Two Sides of the Dallas Charter

By |2025-04-17T14:26:34-04:00March 18th, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (First Things): .... At the same time, Donohue is fully aware of the damage that the Charter’s implementation has wrought on Catholic priests in the United States: “The average detainee in Guantanamo Bay has more rights than the average accused priest in America does today.” READ MORE HERE

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Montana bill would jail priests for 5 years if they refuse to violate seal of confession

By |2025-01-22T16:36:25-05:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (LIFESITE): “There is not a scintilla of evidence that child abusers are confessing their sins to Catholic priests,” Donohue stated. “Indeed, it strains credulity to argue that a person who is so depraved as to molest a child is likely to tell a priest about his behavior.” READ MORE HERE  

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‘Atheists strike out at Christmas’: Catholic League unveils new billboard to counter FFRF

By |2024-12-19T14:20:14-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: In the News|

Bill in the News (The Christian Post): “We decided to display the billboard as a direct refutation of the annual Winter Solstice display in Madison, Wisconsin, that is erected in the Capitol building by Freedom From Religion Foundation,” Donohue said. “Their stunt is done to compete with, and therefore neuter, the meaning of the Nativity scene [...]

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