Catholic League president Bill Donohue, who holds a Ph.D. in sociology, comments on an article on gays, religion, and suicide: Four researchers with Ph.D.s have published an article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled, "Association of Religiosity With Sexual Minority Suicide Ideation and Attempt." It seeks to determine the effects of religion on suicidal [...]
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 [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on October 19, 2016. Pleas for more diversity and inclusion are a mantra at The New York Times. For example, it demands more inclusion in the Catholic Church's clergy — women must be ordained — and rails against the glass ceiling in the corporate world that keeps [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on October 13, 2016. Yesterday, I stopped short of asking Hillary Clinton to fire John Podesta, her campaign chairman. In light of the latest Wikileaks revelations, she has no choice but to cut all ties with this man. The man is hell bent on creating mutiny [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com on October 12, 2016. Most of the media have been delinquent in reporting on the latest Wikileaks story involving Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta, communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and Center for American Progress senior fellow John Halpin. In a series of email exchanges, Palmieri and [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com on October 7, 2016. A federal judge has ruled that a Long Island health care company must submit to a trial for allegedly discriminating against its employees by forcing them to pray and participate in an array of spirituality exercises. In 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com on September 28, 2016. Friday is International Blasphemy Rights Day. On paper, its stated goal appears eminently worth defending: it is opposed to laws, such as those in Muslim-run nations, that punish the free speech rights of those who criticize religion. For example, it says, "Sometimes [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com on September 14, 2016. Advocacy campaigns, especially when conducted in the print media, are very expensive. Fortunately, whether they work or not is not hard to determine: if they generate a lot of controversy, they work; if not, they fail. Catholics for Choice's (CFC) latest effort [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com September 9, 2016. It is the most anti-First Amendment report issued to date by any agency of the federal government. On September 7, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a scathing assault on religious liberty titled, Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties. The [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by CNSNews.com September 6, 2016. Ten years ago, when liberal activist Betty Friedan died, the media greeted the news with bouquets. But there are no accolades being bestowed by the media for conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, who died on Labor Day. Indeed, the disparate treatment is stunning. When [...]
