Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a pro-Christmas ad that has been nixed by elites: The Catholic League became the latest victim of the cancel culture when education elites refused to run an ad with a pro-Christmas message. This is a story that should upset all Americans, not simply followers of the Catholic League. Everything [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on this week's protests: The difference between the pro-Trump and the pro-Biden protesters in the aftermath of the election is stark. The former were peaceful; the latter were violent. Nothing symbolizes the difference between the protesters more than what happened on November 5th in Phoenix and Portland. In Phoenix, Trump [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way voters decided abortion laws: Voters in Colorado and Louisiana considered abortion legislation on election day and went in opposite directions. The voters not only have nothing in common on this issue, their preferences are rooted in their religious values, or the lack thereof. Louisiana voters passed an [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by Roger Baldwin on January 20, 1920. The ACLU scheduled a Centennial Gala for March 31, 2020, but had to cancel it because of Covid restrictions. Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on the ACLU as well as two books: The Politics of the American Civil [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an important First Amendment case before the high court: On November 4, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the most important religious liberty cases in recent years. At stake is the right of religious social service agencies to follow their own religious prerogatives, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a court hearing affecting the Diocese of Brooklyn: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will hear a case today on whether New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo breached his authority in effectively shutting down some Catholic churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is protesting [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Trump's critics: After watching President Trump for the past few years, New York Times columnist David Brooks recently opined that he fully expected "the country would rise up in moral revulsion" at his gruff style. He is dumbfounded at the outcome. "Trump's behavior got worse and worse...and nothing happened." [...]
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's decision to press for sanctions against the vandals who recently toppled a statue of St. Junípero Serra is being supported by the Catholic League. To read Bill Donohue's letter to the District Attorney of Marin County, click here.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on another break between Biden and the bishops: As we know, there is no marriage, family, or reproductive issue that Joe Biden is on the same page with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). What has gotten by most observers, however, is his support for gender theory, a [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the need to claim AOC as Catholic: There isn't much left of the Catholic Left these days. Jealous of the success that EWTN has had for decades—there is no TV station run by Catholic dissidents—and outclassed by Catholic conservative writers and speakers, there is a pressing need for them [...]