Bill Donohue DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) policies are dying. This became inevitable once the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions in 2023. Subsequently, the corporate elite began to reconsider the wisdom of keeping their DEI policies. Pressure from advocacy groups, such as the Catholic League, added to the momentum. Most important, President [...]
Bill Donohue In our therapeutic world, where feelings too often dominate reason, it is almost sinful to question the merits of compassion. But to have real-life meaning, we need to know the object of compassion before applauding. In other words, when compassion is misplaced, it is not virtuous. A popular dictionary definition of compassion reads, “sympathetic [...]
Bill Donohue CBS, quite like the other broadcast networks, is not known for taking the side of the U.S. bishops. But now that Donald Trump is president, things are changing. On the January 26 edition of the CBS show, “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan grilled Vice President J.D. Vance for being oppositional to the United States [...]
Bill Donohue President Trump deserves great credit for pardoning 23 pro-life protesters who were arrested under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Kudos are also deserving for the Thomas More Society and all the pro-life organizations that never gave up. But it would be remiss not to cite the pivotal role of President [...]
Bill Donohue Seven Democratic Senators from Montana have introduced a bill that would eliminate the religious exemption from a mandatory reporting law for members of the clergy. To read Bill Donohue’s letter to Montana lawmakers, and many others, click here.
Contact her at: mebudde@edow.org January 22, 2025 Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Episcopal Church House Mount St. Alban Washington, D.C. 20016 Dear Bishop Budde: At the January 21 prayer service at Washington National Cathedral that featured President Trump, you mentioned that “people in our country are scared now.” You singled out people who “may not be citizens [...]
Bill Donohue On the eve of the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Pope Francis called him a “disgrace” for pledging to deport illegal aliens. The pope said that doing so “makes poor wretches, who have nothing, pay the price for the imbalance.” If the typical illegal alien were a “poor wretch” who owns “nothing,” the Holy [...]
Bill Donohue American culture is going through one of its periodic changes. One good change is the decision of corporations to drop their DEI policies. They are divisive and ineffective. Worse, they create a hostile environment for some workers, including Christians. The Catholic League staff has acquired the email addresses of the top officials in 552 [...]
Bill Donohue Political Scientist Paul G. Kengor and Anthropologist Steven W. Mosher have joined the Catholic League’s board of advisors, making our distinguished list even more distinguished. Both write extensively on Communism. Kengor teaches at Grove City College, outside Pittsburgh, and is a New York Times bestselling author. He is also editor-in-chief of The American Spectator. [...]
Bill Donohue At the confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, who was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be Secretary of Defense, he was badgered by some Democrats for his Christian chest tattoo. In doing so, they followed the lead of the far-left Daily Beast which started this faux controversy in November. At issue is the Jerusalem [...]
