Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a gift to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): Hedge fund tycoon Steve Cohen no longer wants to keep his famous anti-Catholic art, "The Holy Virgin Mary," so he gave it to MoMA. That was a predictable choice: the museum likes to insult Catholics. This masterpiece, by Chris Ofili, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest example of Christophobia: It is the fastest growing phobia in the nation. Christophobia. To be sure, the fear of Christians is not overcoming America, but it has unquestionably overcome a large swath of non-believers, or those who profess no religious belief. Within this segment of the population, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest court proceedings against Cardinal George Pell: On April 17, Magistrate Belinda Wallington listened to the prosecutor and defense attorney make their final statements on allegations against Cardinal George Pell; the case against him involves the sexual abuse of minors, all of which allegedly occurred decades ago. To [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the firing of the leader of American Atheists: The board of directors of American Atheists has fired its president, David Silverman. The decision was made the night of April 12. With the exception of one Internet site, there have been zero news stories on this development. The statement of [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the intolerance that marks many gay marriage proponents: Until yesterday morning, historically speaking, virtually every person in the world believed that marriage was a union between people of the opposite sex. This was true of both Western civilization and Eastern civilization. Moreover, beginning with Judaism, most world religions considered [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on media coverage of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks: In his testimony before Congressional committees, Mark Zuckerberg had to apologize for Facebook's pattern of blocking Catholic pages from being posted. As I pointed out yesterday, no one asked him about blocking anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim pages. Why? Because that just doesn't [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the testimony of Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committee on April 10 and the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11: Sen. Ted Cruz informed Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his company "has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages," [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way the media cover child sexual abuse: Media coverage of the sexual abuse of minors has long been biased against the Catholic Church. As virtually everyone knows by now, there is not a single institution in the nation where adults and minors interact on a regular basis that [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's episode of "Late Night with Seth Meyers": Seth Meyers and one of his genius writers, Jenny Hagel, did a number on the Catholic Church last night that showcased their ignorance. Here is the exchange: Meyers: "The Vatican recently refused to host an international women's day conference because [...]
University of Mississippi professor Ronald Rychlak, one of the world's foremost scholars of the Catholic Church's role during the Holocaust, was included in last night's episode of the CNN series on the papacy. He serves on the board of advisors of the Catholic League. He prepared the following assessment of the April 8th edition for the [...]