Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on atheist critics of Vice President Mike Pence: Organized atheists, unlike most Americans who are non-believers, are more often than not driven by hatred of religion and the faithful. Their impulses are totalitarian: they would ban all religious expression if they could. A classic case is Freedom From Religion Foundation [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how celebrities are coping with the coronavirus: In times of adversity, most Americans turn to God for relief, but there are segments of society that are so thoroughly enmeshed in a culture of secularism that even something as horrific as the coronavirus pandemic is not enough to change them. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in the Buffalo News: In a March 18 editorial, the Buffalo News called for Buffalo Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger to open the personnel files on priests accused of sexual abuse. The newspaper speaks of a "cult of secrecy" and a "cover-up culture" in the Catholic Church. We [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest developments regarding the controversy that has embroiled Rep. Rashida Tlaib (we are thankful to CNSNews.com for its reporting on this ongoing issue): Rep. Rashida Tlaib is now trying to walk back an obscene assault she made on the sensibilities of religious Americans. Here is how this controversy [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent attacks on the bishops of Detroit: When we learned that Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Battersby, following the lead of Archbishop Allen Vigneron, was instructing priests not to allow a Mass for members of Dignity Detroit, we did not feel compelled to say anything. After all, DignityUSA rejects the [...]
Bill Donohue [Note: We run this article each year on March 17] The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one of the first leaders to champion the cause of equal rights. There is much to celebrate on [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue is asking the House Ethics Committee to reprimand Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her obscene assault on people of faith. We are contacting the ten members of this committee. To read Donohue's letter to the chairman (the others will receive the same letter), click here. Contact: Rashida.tlaib@mail.house.gov
Catholic League president Bill Donohue discusses a new poll on Christianity: The Pew Research Center survey on white evangelicals, President Trump, and Christianity's public role was released March 12. The data on Christianity's influence in American society is particularly interesting. Half of all Americans say Christianity's influence is declining. This perspective was true for all religious [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the politics of abortion gone off the deep end: Most Americans reject the limitless features of Roe v. Wade: they oppose abortion for any reason and at any time during pregnancy. And while they favor keeping abortion legal for some reasons, and in the early stages of pregnancy, there [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on another anti-Catholic joke: We know Seth Meyers will never trash Muslims, but he can safely insult Catholics knowing we will not resort to violence. He won't trash Jews because he doesn't have the guts to do so, and he sure won't attack "people of color." The most protected of [...]