This report by the Catholic League shows beyond a doubt how morally corrupt many of our public schools have become. Perversely, it is not suitable to read by the very audience that is being targeted. It was written by Michael McDonald, our director of communications.

April 2023—Newton North High School, in Massachusetts, hosted a drag show for students as part of Transgender, Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Awareness Day. Students gave up 30-minutes of class time to watched drag performer Missy Steak. While the event was optional, students who chose not to participate were sent to the cafeteria ostracizing them from their peers.

March 2023—At Eliot K-8 Innovation School in Boston, Massachusetts, 6th and 7th graders were asked to fill out an explicit survey. One question asked, “Have you ever participated in oral sex? Oral sex is when a person puts their mouth on another person’s genitals or private area.” Another question asked, “A transgender person is someone who does not feel the same inside as the sex they were born with. Are you transgender?”

March 2023—Massachusetts’s sex education curriculum teaches middle school students to use cling wrap as a dental dam around their teeth for safe oral sex.

March 2023—Education officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, want to teach middle school sex education in coed classes.

January 2023—About 30 Missouri middle school students from Columbia Public Schools as part of a fieldtrip attended Columbia Values Diversity, a yearly event to mark Martin Luther King Day, which featured several drag performers from Nclusion Plus. On the permission slip for the fieldtrip, parents were not notified that the event would include a drag show.

January 2023—As part of a health class at Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon, students who missed course work could complete an assignment titled “Fantasy Story.” This involved writing a short story about a sexual fantasy, and the students had to include three items, such as candles, massage oil, feathers, and flavored syrup, in the story.

December 2022—A teacher at Saturn Elementary School, located in the Los Angeles Unified School District, who claims to be a “trans demiboy non-binary,” used “gender-fluid” stuffed animals to teach children how to use “proper pronouns.” As part of the lesson, the teacher explained that there are “many more genders out there in the universe” than just male and female. Additionally, the teacher wished to include third-graders in the school’s “rainbow club.”

October 2022—Pitt County Schools began working with East Carolina University to develop radical gender-theory curricula and policies to ensure students stop normalizing heterosexuality, use gender pronouns in classes, help teachers create LGBT-focused classrooms, and provide children with “support” behind their parents’ backs. Two of the stated goals of this training are “Promote LGBTQ ideology in schools” and “Reduce heterosexism and cisgenderism (heterosexual privilege) in schools.”

September 2022—At the KIPP Poder Academy, a charter school that celebrates “diversity, equity and inclusion” in San Antonio, Texas, 13-year-old students had to role-play as seducing hookers in their Social Emotional Learning class. The students were paired up and called to the front of the room to strike poses. One pose was as a “seducing hooker,” with a hand on one hip and the other behind their ear. The teacher explained what a hooker was and what seduce meant. Some students felt uncomfortable by the game so the teacher gave them candy if they would participate. When a mother complained the school apologized but denied that this was an example of sexualizing children. It should be noted than San Antonio is a major hub for the sex trafficking of minors.

September 2022— The high school librarian in the Webster Groves School District, located outside of St. Louis, Missouri, hosted “Banned Book Week.” She encouraged students to read books that were commonly banned, and participating students were entered into a raffle for a “sweet prize.” One of the books for the event was “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which has been removed from libraries in at least 29 school districts nationwide due to concerns about “sexually graphic material, including descriptions of queer sex,” according to The New York Times.

September 2022—Nonprofits such as Education, Training and Research, Planned Parenthood and others develop training materials that push the theory that sexual repression is to blame for sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies.  Instead, they recommend an approach that favors greater and earlier openness about sexuality and more inclusivity.

September 2022—A teacher, who appears to be confused about her sex, at San Juan Hills High School in California offered students in her class access to a “queer library.” She had over 100 books in this collection, some of which contained sex imagery, information on orgies, sex parties and BDSM. One book, “Juliet Takes a Breath,” contains extremely graphic imagery of sex between women. Another, “Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About Being Trans…,” discusses BDSM, fetishes, and a kink social media networking site. “This Book Is Gay,” another title in this collection, discusses the homosexual, casual hookup site Grindr, and includes detailed information on how to have anal and “girl on girl” sex, and explores sex parties and orgies. Another book, “The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality,” also discusses kink and fetishes as well as “tucking” – the process of hiding one’s penis and “whorephobia” – stigma against prostitutes. When the principle of the school was asked about the “queer library,” he said, “In my educational experience, books are always a good thing and any books that support our students, I’m for.”

September 2022—At Norman High School in Oklahoma, a teacher, who appears to be confused about her sex, sought to provide students with books specifically banned by the state’s Department of Education. The teacher gave her students QR codes to books that she had labeled “Books the State Doesn’t Want You to Read.” These books contained graphic images and explicit materials.

August 2022—Newport-Mesa Unified School District in California uses a textbook which instructs students that there are over 10 sexual orientations and eight genders. The list of sexual orientations include androsexual, polysexual, skoliosexual, demisexual, and gynesexual, while the genders include androgynous, bygender, gender-nonconforming, gender questioning, and nonbinary. Additionally, this same school district uses the “Genderbread Identity” man as a tool to indoctrinate children. One section includes a video on “what it is like to be trans in high school.” The school district also uses another text book, “Comprehensive Health,” which includes profiles of students, including their names, sexual orientation and gender identity, and asks kids to create their own. For example, “Kai” is 14 years old. She is gender-fluid and pansexual, according to her profile.

August 2022—The Wauwatosa School District in Wisconsin approved a curriculum that teaches 4th graders about “gender identity and expression.” The learning targets and standards say students will be able to “Have awareness of different definitions for gender, including transgender, cisgender, and non-binary;” “Understand that individuals may identify beyond male and female;” “Understand the use of pronouns around gender identity;” and “Understand that a label may not describe someone perfectly.” Meanwhile, the curriculum for third-grade students also has a “gender identity and expression” with lessons that mainly focuses on understanding the use of different gender pronouns.

May 2022—Spring Lake Public Schools, in Michigan, offered the book “Gender Queer” in school libraries. The book is a graphic novel memoir and features mature sexual content and images of nude individuals engaging in sex acts.

February 2022—At John F. Kennedy Middle School in Enfield, Connecticut, 8th graders received an assignment to “use pizza as a metaphor for sex.” Students were asked to draw a pizza and list the toppings that they would prefer on their pizza and the toppings they do not like. The students were to then extend the metaphor to sex by writing what sexual activities they would prefer to engage as represented by the toppings they preferred while the toppings they do not like represented sexual activities they wished to avoid. As an example, the instructions said, “Likes: Cheese = Kissing Dislikes: Olives = Giving Oral.”

October 2021—Fairfax County Public Schools, in Virginia, gave a survey asking detailed questions about sex to children as young as 13 years old. In addition to asking eighth-grade students “have you ever had sex before?”, the survey also asked “How old were you when you had sex?”; “During your life, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?”; “During the past 3 months, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?”; “Did you drink alcohol or use drugs before you had sexual intercourse the last time?”; and “The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom?” Additionally, the survey gave students a list of options to choose from as a method to prevent pregnancy including “no method was used to prevent pregnancy”; “birth-control pills”; “condoms”; “an IUD … or implant”; “A shot… patch… or birth-control ring”; “withdrawal”; and “not sure.” Students were also asked, “Have you ever had oral sex?” Furthermore, the survey solicited answers on trangenderism by asking, “Some people describe themselves as transgender when their sex at birth does not match the way they think or feel about their gender. Are you transgender?”

June 2019—The ACLU and Planned Parenthood partnered with school districts across California to make progressive sex education and gender theory instructional materials for teachers. One video coached teachers on ways to help students obtain abortions without parental knowledge or consent and how to conceal the absences from parents. A parent from Murrieta School District claimed the instructional videos discussed “mutual masturbation” along with “gender roles, the gender spectrum, and in the support materials … they take it even further. They discuss everything, topics like roleplaying for different genders, blood play, dental dams … fisting is mentioned. I mean, they mention it all.” In another video an ACLU official tells teachers how to prevent parents from opting their children out of LGBT education going so far as to say “opting out of just LGBTQ stuff is illegal and should be impossible.”

May 2018—Western Albermarle High School in Virginia worked with Charlottesville Sexual Assault Resource Agency to show freshman girls a video by Laci Grace, a self-described sex educator who frequently partners with Planned Parenthood to produce her videos. The video begins with Green offering viewers a discount to one of her sponsors, which describes itself as the “#1 adult toy superstore.” Green goes on to discuss “penis pleasure,” sex toys, and how “your butt can be a wonderful source of pleasure as well.” Later in the video, she talks about oral sex, “butt stuff,” “hand play,” and giving an “awesome blow job.”

Bill Donohue

The Catholic League commissioned McLaughlin & Associates to do a national survey of Catholics. From September 3-12, they polled 800 Catholics in an online survey. What follows is an abbreviated analysis of what will appear in the October edition of our monthly, Catalyst. To read the longer version now, click here. For the Topline, click here. For the PowerPoint, click here.

I had a hand in framing several of the questions; I put my sociological training to good use. Too often pollsters ask questions designed to elicit a response that dovetails with their own political leanings. Our survey asks a number of questions that other surveys of Catholics would never ask.

How accurate is the survey? If all Catholics were asked to respond, there is a 95% chance that the results of this survey would not be off by more than 3.4%, (higher or lower). Unlike other polls of Catholics, we made sure to include Hispanics (they were 35% of the respondents); we paid extra to have the answers of those who responded in Spanish translated. In short, we are proud of the scientific nature of the poll.

The numbers presented have been rounded and may not equal 100%. Here is a selection of some of the findings.

When asked how important your Catholic faith is in your life, 9-in-10 said it was important. One of the most encouraging findings was the large number of Catholics who rarely or never attend church who said that their Catholic faith was important to them: 78% said it was!

Are the news media biased against Catholics? A majority (57%) agree that it is, and only 31% disagree.

Does this matter? Yes. It no doubt helps to explain why 62% of Catholics agree that “it is getting harder to practice your faith and express your faith publicly in America.”

Is the Catholic Church an important voice of morality in America? You bet it is: 75% say it is. This includes 86% of weekly and 74% of monthly churchgoers; almost 7-in-10 (68%) of who those who rarely or never go to church also agree.

When asked if the Catholic Church should speak out more on moral issues, the results were auspicious: by a margin of 74% to 19%, respondents answered affirmatively. This is good news for those clergy members who may have been intimidated from speaking out more—the laity want you to speak out more!

More good news: 73% of Catholics identify as personally pro-life; 23% say they are pro-choice (most of them say their faith is not important to them).

When asked to agree or disagree about the propriety of the government forcing Catholic doctors and Catholic hospitals to perform abortions or sex-transition services against their will, 72% said the government should not do so; 19% disagreed. Even seven-in-ten (69%) of those who rarely or never go to church say the government should not do so.

Respondents were asked about gay and transgender issues. “While it is wrong for small businessmen to refuse services to gays, they have a religious right not to provide services that force them to approve of same-sex marriage.”

“The Catholic Church should continue to teach that there are only two sexes, male and female, and should not change its teaching.” Six-in-ten (59%) agreed and a third (32%) disagreed.

October 11 marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of Vatican II. Did the Church go too fast or too slow in making changes, or were the changes just about right? There was no majority answer: 20% said the changes were too many and too fast; 37% said too few and too slow; 28% answered just about right.

The survey found that 66% of Catholics said that whether they agreed with most positions in the Catholic Church, or differed on some issues, the Church should not change its principles because of public opinion; only 27% said it should modernize. Even 55% of those who rarely or never go to church say the Church should not bend to what is popular!

I wanted to take it a step further. “If the Catholic church did NOT change its positions as many have suggested, how would that affect your commitment to the church?”

Those who said they would be “more committed” totaled 29%; 41% said they would be “as committed.” Which means that 70% of Catholics either would be more committed, or as committed, to the Church if it did not make the changes that many say it should make. Only 7% said they would be less committed.

The extent to which Catholics—even the non-practicing ones—find their faith to be important, is great news. That they also want the Church to speak up more on moral issues is something that cannot be punctuated enough.

Most impressive is the degree to which Catholics admire the constancy of Catholic teachings, even if they may not always agree with everything the Church teaches—they do not want it to cave into public pressure. This needs to be taken to heart by the laity and clergy alike. Most polls would never tap this subject.

Overall, the results were promising. They stand in stark contrast to the spin that critics of the Church continue to master.

Over the past few years, beginning with the urban riots that took place in 2020, there was a rash of anti-Catholic crimes across the nation. Monuments were destroyed, iconic statues were bludgeoned, gravesites were desecrated, Masses were interrupted, graffiti was spray-painted on church walls, windows were smashed, churches were torched, schools were vandalized, chalices were stolen, etc.

We put together a representative list of these incidents. In some cases, messages were left indicating that the offenses were a payback to Catholics for their strong pro-life stand. Many wild-eyed charges were levied against the Church, seeking to justify the violence.

In some cases, the guilty were caught and charged with a hate crime. In most cases, they were either not apprehended or were not prosecuted.

The violence was a one-sided phenomenon: Catholics and pro-life Americans did not respond in kind.

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January 27, 2024: Group broke into church, broke stained glass and damaged crucifix (St. Columba Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY)

January 7, 2024: Nativity scene vandalized, statues broken (Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Overbrook, PA)

November 29, 2023: Statue of St. Joseph toppled and broken in half, steps damaged (St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Indianapolis, IN)

November 22, 2023: Stained glass window broken, church ransacked (Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Irwindale, CA)

November 11, 2023: Crude images spraypainted on exterior of church (St. Andrew Catholic Church, Eagle River, AK)

November 5, 2023: Paint splattered on front doors and signs (Cathedral of the Annunciation, Stockton, CA)

November 1, 2023: Stained glass front doors smashed, satanic graffiti (Holy Family Catholic Church, Eastmoreland, OR)

November 1, 2023: Statues of Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Francis of Assisi broken (Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Staten Island, NY)

October 31, 2023: Over a dozen incidents, including pro-life signs stolen, church and school front doors vandalized, signs spray-painted, ahead of vote on abortion-related proposition (Archdiocese of Cincinnati)

October 30, 2023: Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary broken (St. Andrew Avellino Church, Flushing, NY)

October 24, 2023: Large, historic Crucifix damaged by man hanging and swinging from it (Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, MA)

October 16, 2023: Cross stolen from main altar (St. Patrick Roman Catholic Parish, Bisbee, AZ)

October 10, 2023: Damage to two statues outside of church (Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Broussard, LA)

October 6, 2023: Fire set to altar cloth, tabernacle cloth, and lectionary by two 12-year-olds (St. John the Evangelist Church, East Bridgewater, MA)

October 2, 2023: Pipe organ, marble walls, and plate glass windows damaged (St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Madawaska, ME)

October 2, 2023: Pro-life sign defaced (St. Paul Catholic Church, St. Louis, MO)

October 1, 2023: Crosses for pro-life display pulled up from lawn (Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church, Elmhurst, IN)

September 16, 2023: Graffiti multiple times over three-week period (Prince of Peace Parish, Lewiston, ME)

September 16, 2023: Statues stolen and damaged (Holy Family Church, Lewiston, ME)

September 13, 2023: Statue of Jesus beheaded (Holy Savior Catholic School, Lockport, LA)

September 10, 2023: Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary stolen (Cathedral of St. Mary, Fargo, ND)

September 7, 2023: Crucifix stolen from gravesite of Charelene Richard, Servant of God (St. Edward Catholic Church, Church Point, LA)

September 2, 2023: Classrooms trashed, desks broken, computer screens smashed, and windows shattered (Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Santa Clarita, CA)

August 31, 2023: Fire started in dumpster on church property, moved to roof and sanctuary causing significant damage (St. Joseph Catholic Church, Salem, OR)

August 23, 2023: Sacred items, including a Crucifix, desecrated and non-sacred items damaged inside church (Holy Family Catholic Church, Grand Blanc, MI)

August 12, 2023: Man used snow shovel to break statues, vases, candles, and other items, attempted to set carpet on fire (Immaculate Conception Church, Willoughby, OH)

August 7, 2023: Window broken (Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul, Lewiston, ME)

July 29, 2023: Stained glass windows broken (Notre Dame Church, Ogdensburg, NY)

July 17, 2023: Holy oil poured out, crosses turned upside down, satanic imagery written on items inside church (Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, El Paso, TX)

July 15, 2023: Man broke into church through window, chased staff out of building, damaged Crucifix (Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, New York, NY)

July 8, 2023: Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary spray-painted (Resurrection Church, Brooklyn, NY)

June 28, 2023: Attempted break-in, damage to historic structure including Rose Window (Mission San José, San Antonio, TX)

June 28, 2023: Cross sawn down (Santiago Retreat Center, Silverado, CA)

June 16, 2023: Satanic messages spray-painted on exterior of school (Annunciation Catholic School, Denver, CO)

June 10, 2023: Woman spray-painted messages on church walls, damaged altar (St. Timothy Catholic Church, Miami, FL)

June 5, 2023: Man smashed photographs in rectory, spread paint thinner in rectory basement, smashed himself in the head with monstrance, and threw consecrated hosts from the Tabernacle on the ground (St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Queens, NY)

May 23, 2023: Woman set fire to outdoor chapel (Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Des Plaines, IL)

May 14, 2023: Multiple statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary broken, knocked down (Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Goose Creek, SC)

May 2, 2023: Furniture toppled, inscriptions defaced (Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University, Seattle, WA)

May 2, 2023: Brick thrown through glass door (Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Brooklyn Heights, NY)

April 16, 2023: Interior of church vandalized (Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Churubusco, NY)

April 10, 2023: Exterior graffitied with satanic symbols (St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, Johnstown, PA)

April 8, 2023: Statues of Holy Family vandalized (St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, CA)

April 1, 2023: Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe smashed (Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Corona, CA)

April 1, 2023: Altar overturned and broken, statue and other objects broken (St. Paulinus Catholic Church, Syracuse, NE)

March 20-April 24, 2023: Over the course of three nights man toppled statues and defiled altar (St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, Metairie, LA)

March 23, 2023: Statue of angel destroyed (Holy Family Parish, Fresh Meadows, NY)

March 11, 2023: Vandalism to Crucifix and interior of church, smashed windows (Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Gales Ferry, CT)

January 26, 2023: Pro-life signs defaced (St. Stephen Catholic Church, Riverview, FL)

January 25, 2023: Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus vandalized (Good Shepherd Church, Fall River, MA)

January 23, 2023: Woman overturned potted plant, smashed statue of Jesus Christ (St. Mary’s Cathedral, Fargo, ND)

January 20, 2023: Front doors vandalized (St. Boniface Catholic Church, Cincinnati, OH)

January 20, 2023: Baby Jesus stolen, statues damaged (San Pablo Catholic Church, Marathon, FL)

January 18, 2023: Pro-life memorial defaced (St. Rosalia Church, Greenfield, PA)

January 17, 2023: Glass door shattered, image of Our Lady of Guadalupe slashed, statues and other religious items stolen, walls graffitied (Mary Queen of Peace, Billings, MT)

January 16, 2023: Statues for outdoor nativity set smashed, stolen (St. Patrick Co-Cathedral, Billings, MT)

January 13, 2023: Man threw brick through window of front door, attempted to set flagpole on fire (St. Agnes Catholic Church, Blackwood, NJ)

January 13, 2023: Man attempted to throw rock through window (St. Teresa Church, Runnemede, NJ)

January 13, 2023: Cross set on fire on church lawn (St. Patrick’s Church, Woodbury, NJ)

January 10, 2023: Glass windows of front door shattered by thrown object (St. Mary Catholic Church, Escondido, CA)

January 9, 2023: Bottle thrown at statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe (St. Mary Catholic Church, Escondido, CA)

January 8, 2023: Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary smashed (All Saints Catholic Church, Ft. Worth, TX)

January 5, 2023: Altar smashed with sledgehammer, reliquaries stolen (Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, AR)

January 5, 2023: Nativity scene vandalized (St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Jamaica, NY)

December 30, 2022: Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Grand Island, NE—Brick thrown through window, woman entered church and threatened priest

December 25, 2022: Cathedral of St. Peter, Scranton, PA—Satanic symbolism etched into wooden doors of cathedral

December 11, 2022: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Downington, PA—Three statues vandalized

November 26, 2022: St. Bernard Catholic Church, Weston, WV—Stained glass windows broken, grounds damaged by vehicle

November 23, 2022: St. Andrew Catholic Church, Eagle River, AK—Phallic symbols spray-painted on church exterior

November 20, 2022: St. Peter Catholic Parish, Kenosha, WI—Graffiti spray-painted on outdoor Divine Mercy shrine

October 31, 2022: Calvary Cemetery, Rochester, MI—Cemetery vandalized with satanic graffiti

October 30, 2022: St. Pius X Catholic Church, Mountlake Terrace, WA—Satanic symbols spray-painted on church

October 28, 2022: Archdiocese of New York—Someone threw a wrench through the door of the Archbishop’s residence

October 25, 2022: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Colusa, CA— Interior of church vandalized, including damage to tabernacle and baptismal font; obscenities written on altar and Eucharist desecrated

October 17, 2022: St. Patrick’s Parish, Watsonville, CA—Fire started inside church, causing damage to stained glass and stations of the cross

October 9, 2022: Church of the Resurrection, Lansing, MI—Church vandalized with pro-abortion messages

October 5, 2022: Holy Family Cathedral, Tulsa, OK—Man attacked desk attendant with a sword, threw incendiary device at buildin

September 25, 2022: Bella Health + Wellness, Englewood, CO—Exterior of Catholic pro-life medical clinic graffitied with satanic messages and imagery

September 24, 2022: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Arcata, CA—Political messages and satanic symbols spray-painted on exterior

September 18, 2022: St. Thomas Aquinas Pastoral Center, Palo Alto, CA—Office graffitied

August 30, 2022: St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, Gibbsboro, NJ—Statue of Our Lady of Fatima stolen

August 19, 2022: St. Mary Catholic Church, Glen Falls, NY—Statues and outdoor event tent and shed vandalized

August 15, 2022: St. Anthony Catholic School, Washington, DC—Vandal broke into school, smashed statue of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph and stole security cameras

August 11, 2022: St. Anthony Catholic School, Washington, DC—Vandal toppled and decapitated statue of St. Anthony and pulled up benches from school playground

August 8, 2022: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Drive-by shooting damages windows

August 6, 2022: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Drive-by shooting damages front door

August 2, 2022: San Clemente Mission Parish, Bakersfield, CA—St. Clement statue decapitated, satanic alter found behind church

August 2, 2022: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bakersfield, CA—Stained glass windows smashed

July 23, 2022: Kingsburg Holy Family Catholic Church, Kingsburg, CA—Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary smashed, statues of St. Joseph and baby Jesus decapitated

July 14, 2022: St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School, East Lansing, MI—Windows shattered, statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary toppled

July 14, 2022: Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing, MI—Multiple windows broken with rocks

July 9, 2022: St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church, Bethesda, MD—Multiple fires set inside church building, statues pulled down, Stations of the Cross torn from walls, books torn

July 9, 2022: Church of the Ascension, Overland Park, KS—Church building vandalized with pro-abortion messages, statue of Blessed Virgin Mary defaced

July 5, 2022: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oakdale, CA—Windows broken and sprinkler system damaged repeatedly over 2-month period

July 4, 2022: St. Bernard Catholic Church, Madison, WI—Pro-abortion message spray-painted on building

July 3, 2022: Holy Family Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NC—Pro-abortion, anti-Christian messages spray-painted on building

July 1, 2022: St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Tilden, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 1, 2022: Notre Dame Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 1, 2022: Holy Ghost Parish, Chippewa Falls, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 1, 2022: St. Charles Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

June 30, 2022: St. Anthony of Padua School, Lorain, OH—Fire suspected as arson caused estimated 1 million dollars in damages to school

June 28, 2022: St. Louise Catholic Church, Bellevue, WA—Man spray-painted anti-religious messages on building, damaged doors with rocks, and threatened people at the church building

June 27, 2022: Ascension Roman Catholic Church, New York, NY—Church defaced with graffiti

June 25, 2022: Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA—Statue memorializing children who died of abortion defaced

June 25, 2022: St. John Neumann Catholic Community Church, Reston, VA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on church building; mulch set on fire

June 25, 2022: St. Colman Catholic Church, Shady Spring, WV—Historic church burned to ground in suspected arson attack

June 25, 2022: All Saints Parish, Portland, OR—Sign vandalized with pro-abortion messages

June 25, 2022: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Harlingen, TX—Two statues of angels stolen, statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary toppled

June 25, 2022: St. Anthony Parish, Renton, WA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on walls, stained glass windows broken

June 25, 2022: St. Patrick Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA—Church defaced with pro-abortion messages

June 25, 2022: St. Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church, South Bend, IN—Church’s memorial to the unborn vandalized

June 23, 2022: St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo, NY—Religious statues and garden pots smashed

May 29, 2022: St. Augustine Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY—Tabernacle stolen, Holy Eucharist thrown on floor, statues of angels on the altar decapitated and destroyed

May 22, 2022: St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Olympia, WA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on church building

May 19, 2022: Notre Dame de Lourdes, Swarthmore, PA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on front doors of church building

May 17, 2022: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, New York, NY—Statues of Lúcia dos Santos and Jacinta Marto, two of the children who witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, smashed and decapitated

May 9, 2022: St. Bartholomew the Apostle Catholic Church, Katy, TX—Theft of Tabernacle containing Body and Blood of Jesus Christ

May 9, 2022: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Katy, TX—Building vandalized with pro-abortion messages, attempted desecration of Eucharist

May 9, 2022: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Houston, TX—Pro-abortion messages painted on front doors

May 9, 2022: St. Louis Catholic Church, Louisville, CO—Vandalized with pro-abortion messages

May 8, 2022: Loreto House, Denton, TX—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on door and sign

May 8, 2022: Oregon Right to Life, Keizer, OR—Offices set on fire using incendiary devices

May 8, 2022: Wisconsin Family Action, Madison, WI—Offices set on fire using incendiary devices

May 8, 2022: First Care Women’s Health Manassas, VA— Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on the building

May 7, 2022: St. John Paul XXIII Catholic Church, Fort Collins, CO—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on front doors, glass panels broken

May 5, 2022: Saint Joseph’s Church and Academy, Armada, MI—Satanic symbols messages spray-painted on door and sign

May 5, 2022: Portland, OR Pregnancy Resource Center—Antifa extremists broke windows and defaced property

May 4, 2022: Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Boulder, CO—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on front doors

May 3, 2022: Trotter House Pregnancy Resource Center, Austin, TX—Vandalized

April 8, 2022: Cristo Rey Catholic Church, Austin, TX—Thirty windows and front door broken by rocks

April 1, 2022: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, North Beach, MD—Sanctuary vandalized, crucifix and stained glass window damaged

March 8, 2022: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Royal Oak, MI —Interior and exterior of church vandalized, statue damaged

March 1, 2022: Holy Family Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL—Statue of the Holy Family defaced with blasphemous words and imagery

February 28, 2022: St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD—Tombstones at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery defaced

February 23, 2022: St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, San Antonio, TX—Statue of the Holy Family stolen from parking lot

February 17, 2022: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Milledgeville, GA—Two statues of angels knocked down

February 14, 2022: St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Catholic Church’s Shrine of the Little Flower, Albuquerque, NM—Stained glass windows smashed

January 27, 2022: Greenwood Catholic Church, Greenwood, MS—Interior of church vandalized

January 26, 2022: Church of the Nativity, Burke, VA—Statues of Our Lady of Fatima and children who witnessed apparitions decapitated

January 14, 2022: St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Fresno, CA—Tabernacle vandalized, money stolen

December 29, 2021: Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ—Christmas decorations damaged and stolen

December 23, 2021: Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ—Christmas decorations damaged and stolen

December 12, 2021: Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ—Christmas decorations damaged and stolen

December 7, 2021: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC—Statue of Our Lady of Fatima vandalized

November 29, 2021: St. Peter’s Catholic Church, DeLand, FL—Windows smashed and statues toppled

November 28, 2021: Catholic Charities, Knoxville, TN—Fire at Catholic Charities, causing destruction of roof and one fifth of the building

November 9, 2021: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Chicago, IL—Graffiti painted on exterior walls

November 5, 2021: Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA—Graffiti spray-painted on exterior of Catholic mission

November 1, 2021: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Fargo, ND—Statue of St. Anthony of Padua decapitated

October 24, 2021: St. Charles Borromeo, Tacoma, WA—Fire set to parish office

October 22, 2021: Annunciation Catholic Church, Washington, DC—Swastika painted on a pillar in church parking lot

October 21, 2021: American Martyrs Catholic Church, Manhattan Beach, CA—Hateful messages spray-painted on exterior wall of church

October 11, 2021: Arrupe Jesuit Residence, Seattle University, Seattle, WA—Graffiti painted on exterior wall of residence

October 11, 2021: Los Angeles, CA, St. Peter Italian Catholic Church—Paint splattered over the exterior of the church

October 10, 2021: Denver, CO, Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception—Hateful messages and other graffiti found spray painted on exterior wall and door

October 10, 2021: St. Edward Church, Seattle, WA—Windows broken and exterior vandalized with spray paint

September 29, 2021: Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Boulder, CO—Windows broken and exterior spray painted with pro-abortion messages

September 29, 2021: Miami Shores, FL, St. Martha Catholic Church—Statues of Jesus vandalized

September 23, 2021: St. Peter Armenian Apostolic Church, Van Nuys, CA—Stained glass windows smashed

September 5, 2021: St. Louis Catholic Church, Louisville, CO—Graffiti found on church’s door, sign, and garden sign

September 2, 2021: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Jay, ME—Exterior of church and parish hall vandalized with white paint

August 29, 2021: Miami Shores, FL, St. Martha Catholic Church—Statues of Jesus vandalized

August 17, 2021: St. Michael’s Church, Flushing, NY—Statue of the St. Bernadette knocked down

August 9, 2021: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mary, Bronx, NY—Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary vandalized

August 6, 2021: St. Benedict Catholic Church, Seattle, WA—Doors vandalized with black paint

July 17, 2021: Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Forest Hills, NY—Woman seen on camera smashing statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Thérèse of Lisieux

July 12, 2021: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Parish, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 12, 2021: St. Patrick Catholic Church, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 12, 2021: St. Andrew Catholic Church, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 12, 2021: Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 7, 2021: Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, NC—Statue of Jesus covered in red paint

July 4, 2021: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Merced, CA—Man seen on camera using red paint to vandalize church buildings and statues

July 2, 2021: St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA—Front doors of church vandalized with red paint

July 1, 2021: Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City, NJ—Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus vandalized and stolen

June 30, 2021: Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Graffiti painted on exterior of church

June 19, 2021: St. Veronica’s Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA—Fire started at front door of church

June 8, 2021: Immaculate Conception Church, Queens, NY—Graffiti spray-painted on exterior of church

June 4, 2021: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Port Charlotte, FL—Man caught on camera vandalizing doors and stained glass

May 27, 2021: Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Leavenworth, WA—Audio equipment stolen and multiple fire extinguishers deployed inside the church

May 17, 2021: Diocese of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of baby Jesus decapitated

May 15, 2021: Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta-St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, Staten Island, NY—Statues of Our Lady of Carmel and the Sacred Heart of Jesus vandalized

May 14, 2021: St. Athanasius Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY—Large crucifix toppled and smashed, American flag burned

May 9, 2021: St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Narragansett, RI—Statue of Jesus Christ vandalized

May 8, 2021: Our Lady of Grace, Everett, MA—Rocks thrown through stained glass windows

May 6, 2021: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Riverside, CA—Stained glass windows broken and statue of San Juan Diego vandalized

May 5, 2021: McCarren Park, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of Polish priest vandalized

May 3, 2021: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Waltham, MA—Statue of Jesus Christ decapitated

April 26, 2021: St. Elisabeth Catholic Church, Van Nuys, CA—Man smashed face of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a sledgehammer

April 18, 2021: St. John Vianney, Rancho Cordova, CA—Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary spray painted

April 18, 2021: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Woodland, CA—Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. John, spray painted

April 17, 2021: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Fargo, ND—Face of statue of Jesus vandalized

April 15, 2021: Holy Rosary Church,Woodland, CA —Statues of three female saints vandalized

April 1, 2021: Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, MO—Gunshots fired at abbey of Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles

March 22, 2021: St. Charles Catholic Church, Spokane, WA—Fire at St. Charles Catholic School is being investigated as possible arson

March 12, 2021: St. Teresa of Calcutta Church, St. John Paul II Academy, and St. Monica-St. Augustine Catholic Church, Boston, MA—Unkown substance inserted into locks, statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary knocked down

March 2, 2021: St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Ft. Worth, TX—Vandals damaged statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Thomas the Apostle

February 27, 2021: Basilica of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Youngstown, OH—Several statues vandalized

February 25, 2021: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church, Floyds Knobs, IN—Chapel doors and statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary vandalized

February 16, 2021: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Statue and flower pots around altar damaged

February 10, 2021: St. Pius X, El Paso, TX—Three angel statues toppled and broken

January 29, 2021: Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Houston, TX—Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe shot six times

January 19, 2021: Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, OH—Graffiti and arson at Cathedral

January 1, 2021: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, NY—Cathedral tagged with anti-police graffiti

December 28, 2020: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Fall River, MA—Stained glass windows vandalized

December 25, 2020: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Indianapolis, IN—Nativity scene vandalized on Christmas morning

December 6, 2020: St. Louis Catholic Church, Houma, LA—Church buildings and bathroom spray-painted

December 11, 2020: Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA—Front entrance to site graffitied

December 2, 2020: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Derry, PA—Multiple incidents of vandalism including topping of statues, tearing down stations of the cross

November 23, 2020: St. Bernard Catholic Church, FL—Statue of Jesus smashed with rock, two other statues decapitated and pushed into sewer drain, garden set on fire with accelerant

November 15, 2020: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Brewster, WA—Apparent arson attack

November 10, 2020: St. Gabriel Elementary School, Milford, CT—Portrait of St. Pope John Paul II defaced

November 9, 2020: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Chicago, IL—Statue of Mary graffitied, “God is dead” spray-painted on church exterior

November 8, 2020: Mother Cabrini Catholic Church, Shamokin, PA—Head of Jesus stolen from crucifix

October 25, 2020: St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Louisville, KY—Altar vandalized

October 22, 2020: St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Scranton, PA—Statue of Mary toppled

October 21, 2020: St. Germaine Catholic Church, Prescott Valley, AZ—Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ found toppled; gardens surrounding the statues were also damaged

October 20, 2020: Resurrection Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary found vandalized; left hand was cut off, and there was a crack along her head

October 19, 2020: Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Magnolia, AR—Pro-life display vandalized.  The display consists of 150 small white crosses and a banner, which were knocked down

October 12, 2020: Mission San Rafael Arcángel, San Rafael, CA—Statue of Junipero Serra defaced and pulled down

September 29, 2020: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Fall River, MA—Rocks, cinderblocks thrown through windows of Catholic church, decapitated heads of holy family statues found on site

September 29, 2020: St. Joseph Cupertino Catholic Church, Fall River, MA—Statues of Joseph, Mary, and infant Jesus decapitated, heads carried away

September 26, 2020: St. Peter’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral and Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, El Cajon, CA—Churches graffitied with swastikas, “White Power,” upside down crosses, “BLM,” and “Biden 2020”

September 24, 2020: Assumption Seminary, San Antonio, TX—Man with baseball bat damages crucifix, doors at Catholic seminary

September 23, 2020: Incarnation Catholic Church, Town ’n’ Country, FL—Man breaks church windows, sets pews on fire

September 15, 2020: St. Patrick Cathedral, El Paso, TX—Statue of Jesus topped, beheaded

September 14, 2020: St. Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Church, Midvale, UT—Statue of St. Therese toppled, beheaded; parish office burglarized

September 11, 2020: Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe toppled

September 9, 2020: Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Tioga, LA—Statues damaged and beheaded, windows broken

August 25, 2020: St. James Church, Kenosha, WI—Anti-religious graffiti spray-painted on Catholic Church site during protests over police shooting of Jacob Blake

August 24, 2020: Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Allentown, PA—Attempted beheading of statue of Mary

August 17, 2020: Holy Family Parish, Citrus Heights, CA—Statue of Mary beheaded, swastika spray-painted on Ten Commandments

August 9, 2020: Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, Denver, CO—Statue of St. Jude beheaded

August 8, 2020: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wounded Knee, SD—Deconsecrated church destroyed in suspected arson

August 3, 2020: Sacred Heart Church, Weymouth, MA—Fires set at church entrance

July 19, 2020: Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Bloomingburg, NY—Abortion monument toppled

July 15, 2020: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, New Haven, CT—Satanic and anarchist symbols painted on the front door of the church

July 15, 2020: Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Miami, FL—Outdoor statue of Jesus knocked over and beheaded

July 14, 2020: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO—Statue of St. Mary painted red

July 13, 2020: St. Stephen Catholic Church, Chattanooga, TN—Statue of St. Mary beheaded

July 12, 2020: St. Peter’s Parish, Dorchester, MA—Outdoor statue of St. Mary burned

July 11, 2020: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, San Gabriel, CA—Fire at 249-year-old church destroyed the roof, pews, and more

July 11, 2020: Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Ocala, FL—Man crashed minivan through church door, poured gasoline on the foyer and lit it on fire. People were inside the church, preparing for Mass.

July 10, 2020: Cathedral Prep School and Seminary, Elmhurst, NY —Outdoor statue of St. Mary spray painted with word “IDOL”

July 5-6, 2020: St. Bernadette Catholic Church, Rockford, IL—Crucifix at roadside shrine smashed

July 3, 2020: St. Ann Catholic Parish, Gary, IN—Outdoor statue of St. Mary beheaded and hands severed

June 22, 2020: Providence College, Providence, RI—At a Catholic college’s on-campus cemetery for deceased priests who taught at the school, a man defaced gravestones by painting swastikas and anti-Catholic language, burned some American flags that were next to the graves, and assaulted a college security guard

May 31, 2020: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, CO—Church exterior damaged over multiple nights, including smashed gates, grafitti with messages such as “God is dead” and “There is no God,” and windows shattered by rocks

May 30, 2020: Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA—Church exterior graffitied with “prosecute killer cops,” “ACAB” [All Cops Are Bastards], “Kill all cops,” and “Make America pay for its crimes against Black lives”

May 29, 2020: St. Jude Chapel, Dallas, TX—Exterior damaged, including thrown rocks shattering windows

May 29, 2020: Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, KY—Thrown rocks shattered rectory windows

May 28, 2020: Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN—Someone broke into the church and poured flammable liquid under the pews, lighting a fire that damaged pews and the floor

May 6, 2020: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Casper, WY—Pulpit, altar, and statue damaged

 

In recognition of Columbus Day, we are offering a three-part series on this subject.

In the first part we will address the origins of the assault on Columbus. In the second part, we will offer a review of how schools across the nation are addressing this day. In the third part, we will take a politically incorrect look at Indigenous Americans.

PART I: ORIGINS OF THE ASSAULT ON COLUMBUS

PART II: COLUMBUS DAY OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY?

PART III: THE DARK SIDE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

 

Bill Donohue

Now that the new school year is upon us, it is important for parents to understand how the sexual engineers in education are trying to program students into accepting gender ideology. To that end, we have prepared a three-part series of reports on this subject.

Pope Francis has called gender ideology—the idea that the sexes are interchangeable—”demonic.” We call transgender surgery performed on minors “child abuse.” Unfortunately, the ruling class is not content to disagree: when they are not flatly lying about biological differences between males and females, they are engaged in censorship.

Over the summer, the elites went into high gear.

Twitter suspended several writers who dared to say that a male Olympic weightlifter who identifies as a female is a man.

The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement saying, “Designating sex on birth certificates as male or female, and making that information available on the public portion, perpetuates a view that sex designation is permanent and fails to recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity.”

[Note: The AMA is factually wrong. Gender identity is a psychological variable, one that has become increasingly politicized. It has nothing to do with any “medical spectrum.”]

The American Academy of Pediatrics not only agrees with the AMA, it would not allow doctors to set up a booth at its annual conference challenging its flawed transgender position.

Fortunately, the American College of Pediatricians and the National Catholic Bioethics Center are both telling the truth. They understand, as even middle school students do, that boys are boys and girls are girls—that’s the way human nature works.

Even more disconcerting, President Biden is trying to force doctors to perform sex transition surgeries. He was stopped by a federal court in Texas, but this issue is not over. Our “devout Catholic” president has absolutely no respect for conscience rights and is promoting child abuse as well.

The first of our three reports will focus on school curricula examples of the way transgender subjects will be presented. The second covers the physical damage that is being done, and the third examines the psychological damage.

Please disseminate these reports widely. There is much at stake, including the well-being of our children.

To read Part I click here.

To read Part II click here.

To read Part III click here.

This is an ongoing documentation of President Biden’s policies that clash with Catholic teachings.

January 9, 2024—The Biden administration rescinded a 2019 Trump administration rule that provided conscience protections to doctors and health care providers that consciously object to the performing of abortions and gender-affirming procedures. While the Trump rule never officially went into effect, this action by Biden once again shows his prioritization of abortion and transgender rights while failing to provide the simplest of religious freedoms.

September 28, 2023—HHS announced a proposal that would target the rights of foster parents. The proposal states that “LGBTQI+ children can be transferred from any entity that will not provide a safe and appropriate placement,” suggesting that foster parents can have their children removed from them if they fail to affirm the incorrect sex of the child. This is a evisceration of the rights of foster parents who believe in the Catholic Church’s teaching on gender and sexuality and could have tremendous consequences for the rights of parents who adhere to traditional moral values.

June 23, 2023—On the eve of the 1st year anniversary of the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden spoke at an abortion rights rally sponsored by several prominent pro-abortion organizations. During his remarks, he described the effects resulting from the Dobbs decision as “devastating” and reaffirmed his commitment to “restore these protections of Roe v. Wade and make it the law of the land once again.” The following day, the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, Biden issued another statement where he labeled attempts to prohibit abortion at the state level as “extreme, dangerous, and out-of-step with the vast majority of Americans.”

February 2023—A leaked memo from the FBI Richmond field office found that the Bureau, which is under the control of the Justice Department, sought to investigate Orthodox Catholics who celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass, referring to them as “Traditional Radical Catholics.” In addition, other FBI documents mention the targeting of “mainline Catholic parishes” and “local diocesan leadership” by the Bureau because of their alleged “radicalization” within the Church. These documents show the Biden administration’s willingness to go after law-abiding people of faith while refusing to prosecute pro-abortion terrorist groups that vandalize Catholic Churches.

February 22, 2023— The Department of Education announced a proposal that would rescind a Trump administration rule that withholds federal funding from universities that restrict faith-based student groups and activities. If this rule were to be removed, Christian organizations could have their recognition status revoked by their college and students of faith could be sanctioned or disciplined simply for freely and publicly expressing their religious beliefs on campus.

January 3, 2023—The Federal Drug Administration under Biden announced that it would approve rule changes that will allow for easier access to abortion-inducing drugs. Previously, the drugs could only be accessed through the prescription of a licensed medical physician at a medical facility. The rule change allows drugs to be approved through a virtual medical consultation and gives drug stores and pharmacies the ability to fill prescriptions.

December 13, 2022—President Biden showed his support for same-sex “marriage” when he signed into law the Respect For Marriage Act. The law repealed the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which affirmed that marriage is between one man and one woman, as well as required states to officially recognize same-sex marriages. In addition, Biden personally invited drag queen Marti Gould Cummings to the signing ceremony, who has a history of exposing children to the ideology of gender identity.

October 26, 2022—Biden affirmed his support for the mutilation of sexually confused people during a White House forum on transgender rights. At the forum Biden was asked by transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney what he thought about states banning the right to gender-affirming care. Biden responded by saying that, “as a moral question and as a legal question. I just think it’s wrong.”

August 4, 2022—HHS announced a proposed rule change to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. ObamaCare) that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex to include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” The changes would gut the religious liberty rights of Catholic doctors and hospitals who would be required to perform abortions or gender reassignment surgeries or face reduced federal funding.

July 8, 2022—President Biden once again expressed his passion for abortion by signing an executive order that protects access to abortion rights in the wake of the Dobbs Supreme Court ruling. In addition to being a full-throated endorsement of abortion, the order directs HHS to establish a Task Force on Reproductive Health Care Access to protect abortion access. It also directs the Justice Department to establish pro-bono legal counsel to represent pro-abortion persons and organizations.

April 19, 2022—Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services announced that they plan to rescind conscience rules for religious healthcare workers that object to participating in morally detestable operations, such as abortion. The gutting of these rules would mean that Catholic doctors and nurses would be forced to perform abortions and gender-reassignment surgery even if it went against their consciously held religious beliefs.

December 2, 2021—As part of Biden’s Build Back Better Act, it was discovered that child-care services who receive federal funds would have to comply with discrimination guidelines based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This would mean that Catholic child-care services would have to go against their religious beliefs on gender and sex in order to receive any government funds.

December 2, 2021—In response to oral arguments being held in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, President Biden reaffirmed his support for Roe v. Wade saying that he “will continue to support” it.

November 18, 2021—In a leaked memo from Office of Civil Rights to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Biden Administration is seeking to roll-back Trump administration regulations that provide religious liberty as part of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Under the changes, Catholic hospitals would be required to perform gender transition surgeries as well as perform abortions. In addition, hospitals could no longer refuse to hire doctors that perform abortions.

November 5, 2021—Biden’s Build Back Better Act unequally discriminates against child care run by religious groups. His bill states that “a recipient of funds under this subsection may not use the funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities that are primarily used for sectarian instruction or religious worship” This would discriminate against religious run child care agencies that use religious based facilities would be limited in the amount of funding they receive.

October 20, 2021—The Biden State Department recognized International Pronouns Day. They also listed the numerous policies and orders that the Biden Administration has implemented to encourage usage of gender pronouns that are opposite of one’s biological sex.

October 19, 2021—President Biden nominated Dr. Atul Gawande for Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Gawande, a Harvard Medical school professor, is a strong supporter of infanticide and partial-birth abortion.

October 18, 2021— The Senate Appropriations Committee proposed a bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education that failed to include any pro-life protections, most notably the Hyde and Weldon Amendments.

October 8, 2021—President Biden announced that he would nominate former U.S. Senator Joseph Donnelly to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. Though described by many as a “pro-life Catholic,” Donnelly continually went against Catholic teachings on abortion, same-sex marriage, religious liberty, and school choice while in the Senate.

October 7, 2021— A federal district court judge in Texas granted an injunction that prevented the Texas fetal heartbeat law from going into effect. The ruling was the result of a motion filed by Biden’s Department of Justice on September 14 that sought to block the enforcement of the bill. Both the Justice Department and President Biden praised the  judge’s decision.

October 4, 2021—The Biden Administration announced the rescinding of a Trump-era rule that prohibited family planning clinics that receive Title X federal funding from providing referrals to abortions. Trump’s rule was a major safeguard for the protection of the sanctity of life and is yet another example of the steps Biden has taken to allow for increased access to taxpayer funded abortion.

September 20, 2021— Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration objecting to the EEOC’s workplace guidelines on transgender persons. The lawsuit states that the guidelines, which require employers to accommodate employees based on their gender identity, violate the religious liberty rights of Texans by forcing faith based businesses to allow employees to use facilities that are opposite their biological sex.

September 20, 2021— The Biden Administration released a statement in support of H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, a bill that goes beyond codifying Roe v. Wade. This bill would threaten the rights of doctors, nurses, and religiously affiliated hospitals to not violate their moral or religious convictions and also prevent states from enacting policies that protect children after they can survive outside the womb. In the statement, the Biden Administration said the president, “looks forward to working with Congress as the Women’s Health Protection Act advances through the legislative process.”

September 17, 2021—In response to Biden’s call for a whole-of-government approach to fight the Texas heartbeat law, Biden’s HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra will increase abortion access by 1) allowing for increased Title X funding for providers of abortion and contraceptive services, 2) extending the Church Amendment protections designed to protect the conscience rights of health-care workers so that they are not forced to provide and abortion, to abortionists ensuring they do not force employment discrimination for their actions, and 3) reinstating the Enforcement of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which allows physicians to perform abortions if they deem it an emergency regardless of state or federal restrictions.

September 17, 2021 — In response to the omission, the USCCB released a statement on denouncing the committees’ decision, saying that “Congress can, and must, turn back from including taxpayer funding of abortion, in the Build Back Better Act.”

September 13, 2021 — Archbishops Joseph Naumann and Paul S. Coakley, Chairmen of the USCCB committees on Pro-Life Activities and Domestic Justice and Human Development respectively, sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce urging them to keep protections from federal abortion funding in their markup of the spending bill. The bishops’ request was not heard as the committees advanced the bill without these protections.

September 7, 2021 — On behalf of the USCCB, the chairmen of several USCCB committees sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Congress urging that the spending bill include, “the longstanding Hyde Amendment principle of not funding elective abortions.” The letter further emphasized that “the destruction of human life through abortion is not a form of health care, and taxpayers should not be compelled to fund it.”

September 2, 2021—President Biden explicitly rejected what the Catholic Church [and science] says about the beginning of life. While he said he respects the view that life begins at conception, he said, “I don’t agree.” He did not say when he thought life begins.

August 30, 2021—The Attorneys General of 20 states filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education and the EEOC in response to their June 2020 directives that include one’s gender identity in Title IX federal sex discrimination. The states argue that the Directives unlawfully “prohibit employers from maintaining dress codes based on biological sex or from requiring an individual to comply with the dress code that corresponds to the individual’s biological sex.”

August 19, 2021—The Department of Education announced that it would be rescinding parts of a Trump Administration rule that provided religious exemptions to faith-based organizations on public colleges and universities. The potential changes could exclude Christian organizations that believe in Judeo-Christian values from being funded by their university.

August 12, 2021 — Biden’s Department of Justice dismissed a 2019 case against the Vermont Medical Center that violated the religious freedom of an employee. The case was filed during the Trump Administration after the HHS Office of Civil Rights found that the medical center forced a nurse to participate in an abortion against her conscience-based beliefs.

August 9, 2021 – A federal judge granted a permanent injunction against an Obama-era rule that would remove exemptions for religious and Catholic hospitals that refused to provide transgender services and procedures that go against their religious beliefs. The Biden Administration sought to place the rule back after the Trump administration removed it.

July 29, 2021—For the first time in 45 years, the U.S. House passed a budget that does not include the Hyde Amendment, an amendment which prohibits the usage of Federal funds to pay for abortions. This move is in line with President Biden who has, on several occasions, emphatically supported the removal of the Hyde Amendment.

July 12, 2021—In keeping with President Biden’s proposed budget, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies advanced a spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services that excludes Hyde Amendment protections that ban federal funding of abortion.

July 7, 2021—Twenty-one state attorneys general sent a letter to President Biden criticizing the EEOC’s June 2021 guidelines that force employers to identify and accommodate employees based on their perceived gender identity. The letter stated that the guidance “fundamentally misconstrues and improperly extends” the Bostock decision by “ignor[ing]…protections provided to religious employers.”

June 30, 2021—The State Department announced that transgender persons will now have the option to update their gender markers on federal passports to correspond with their gender identity. In addition, the Department will also be adding a third gender option to passports for “gender non-conforming, non-binary and intersex Americans.”

June 28, 2021—HHS issued a notice that would rescind the Trump-era rule regarding abortion funding and coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The new proposal could potentially force participants to pay for abortion procedures, even if it violates their conscience rights. [In August, a federal judge granted a permanent injunction that would prevent the rule from being re-established.]

June 25, 2021—In remarks commemorating Pride Month, President Biden said that he was “proud to lead the most pro-LGBTQ equality administration in U.S. history.” The same day he signed an executive order requiring Federal agencies to provide support and resources for “transgender and gender non-conforming and non-binary employees who wish to legally, medically, or socially transition.”

June 16, 2021—The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) denied the 501(c)(3) tax exempt status of a Texas based Christian non-profit for promoting Christian teachings on life, marriage, and biblical justice. The IRS concluded that these Christian teachings were only representative of the Republican party and thus the non-profit engaged in political affiliation.

June 16, 2021—In adherence to President Biden’s January 2021 Executive Order on the Federal implementation of the Bostock decision, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights issued a notice of interpretation that will include sexual orientation and gender identity as part of its Title IX sex discrimination.

June 15, 2021—Charlotte Burrows, President Biden’s appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), issued new EEOC guidelines that require employers to recognize and validate an employee’s gender identity. This would include requiring employers to use a employee’s gender pronouns and allowing employees to use bathroom and shower facilities based on their gender identity.

June 14, 2021 – The Department of Justice rescinded its promise to defend several Christian colleges that are fighting to keep religious exemptions for Title IX rules. The exemptions would allow the schools to issue guidelines regarding housing and sexual conduct in alignment with their Christian belief.

June 14, 2021 – Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, sent a letter to the members of Congress opposing the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act (H.R. 239). This proposed legislation would go against the Church teaching on abortion and contraception by allowing the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide free abortion-inducing drugs to veterans. President Biden has not spoken out against the bill.

May 28, 2021 – Biden released his budget proposal for FY2022, and it allocates money for abortions since it has no Hyde Amendment language. This is the first budget proposal since 1993 that does not include conscience protections to ensure federal funds are not used for abortions.

May 17, 2021 – After the Supreme Court said it would take up a case involving Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks, White House press secretary Jen Psaki informed reports that Biden was “committed to codifying” Roe v. Wade no matter what the Court decides.

May 14, 2021 – The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships met with leaders of six secular organizations: Freedom From Religion Foundation, the American Humanist Association, American Atheists, Center for Inquiry, Ex-Muslims of North America and the Secular Coalition for America. They expressed their displeasure with the pro-religious liberty policies of the previous administration, accusing it of fomenting “Christian nationalism.”

May 12, 2021 – HHS Secretary Xavier Beccera, who voted against a law that banned partial-birth abortion when he was a congressman, was asked if he would respect this law. He made it clear he would not. He justified this stance by falsely claiming that there is no such law. In 2003 Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and President George W. Bush signed it.

May 10, 2021 – The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would reinstate an Obama-era rule that would remove exemptions for religious and Catholic hospitals that refused to provide transgender services and procedures that go against their religious beliefs. The rule interpreted “sex discrimination” under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act to include “gender identity.” This is a major blow to the religious liberty rights of Catholic doctors and hospitals. It would force doctors and hospitals to provide sex reassignment surgeries, even if these surgeries go against their religious beliefs, as well as cover these surgeries and procedures in their insurance policies.

April 25, 2021 – The DOJ issued a statement of interest in favor of a Georgia transgender prisoner who is suing the Georgia Department of Corrections for failing to house him based on his gender identity because Georgia does not want to house people of one biological sex with those of the other.

April 22, 2021 – The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced changes to the Equal Access Rule, which would require participants in the Department’s Office of Community Planning and Development programs to accommodate transgender persons based on their gender identity. This would compel Catholic shelters to house individuals of the opposite sex.

April 20, 2021 – After a group of Catholic doctors and hospitals won a case over an HHS rule that would compel them to provide gender-transition surgeries, regardless of their conscientious beliefs, the Biden administration appealed to keep this mandate in place.

April 16, 2021 – Under Biden, the National Institute of Health removed restrictions on human fetal tissue research.

April 14, 2021 – HHS introduced the Title X changes outlined by Biden’s “Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.” Under these new rules, grantees would be required to refer for abortions, despite moral or religious objections, effectively banning otherwise pro-life grantees from participating.

April 13, 2021 – Under Biden, the USAID Middle East Bureau renamed the “Religious and Ethnic Communities Office” to the “Equity and Diverse Communities in the Middle East and North Africa Office” to shift the Bureau’s focus away from protecting the rights of religious minorities in the Middle East and emphasize other groups such as LGBT.

April 13, 2021 – Under Biden, the Food and Drug Administration is no longer enforcing the “in-person dispensing requirement” for the chemical abortion pills.

March 31, 2021 – The Department of Defense released a statement affirming Biden’s executive order on transgender persons in the military stating that the Department will “provide a path for those in service for medical treatment, gender transition, and recognition in one’s self-identified gender.”

March 30, 2021 – Secretary of State Antony Blinken disbanded the “Commission on Unalienable Rights,” because it overemphasized religious liberty. This was commissioned by Secretary Pompeo to “..advice and recommendations concerning international human rights matters…[and] fresh thinking about human rights discourse where such discourse has departed from our nation’s founding principles of natural law and natural rights.” Instead, Blinken would rather treat religious liberty as a coequal right, diminishing its status freeing the State Department to promote LGBT and abortion rights.

March 18, 2021 – The Office of Population Affairs at HHS announced the Biden administration’s plan to repeal the Trump-era Protect Life Rule governing Title X by the end of the year. This announcement was in direct response to President Biden’s executive order issued on January 28.

March 17, 2021 – Biden’s White House issued a statement in support of the House resolution to remove the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA would mandate federal funding for abortion and eliminate sex distinctions in the law, thus eliminating the existing legal protections for biological women.

March 11, 2021 – As part of Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act, there was no language that reflects the longstanding, bi-partisan consensus policy to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding abortions domestically and internationally. The policy was needed because this bill includes many general references to healthcare that, absent the express exclusion of abortion, have consistently been interpreted by federal courts not only to allow, but to compel, the provision of abortion without meaningful limit.

March 8, 2021 – Biden issued a statement on the introduction of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), voicing his support for VAWA’s reauthorization. Unfortunately, the reauthorization includes gender identity language that undermines the intended purpose of VAWA and thereby harms the very women it seeks to protect.

March 4, 2021 – Biden supports the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a bill that calls into question the impartiality of those who have religious affiliations. The objectionable provision is directed at a person’s suitability serving on a state’s redistricting commission. It assumes that people of faith – but not atheists – are inclined to be partisan observers, thus coming dangerously close to invoking a “religious test.”

February 25, 2021 – Rachel Levine, a transgender born a biological male, was Biden’s nomination for Assistant Secretary for HHS. When questioned about sex transitioning of minors during his confirmation hearing, Levine did not oppose the idea of allowing minors to receive hormone therapy and puberty blockers.

February 25, 2021 – The House passed the Equality Act. Biden on the campaign trail had made enacting this legislation within his first 100 days in office a top legislative priority.

• The act would effectively gut the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, eviscerating important religious rights.
• State laws that protect religious liberty would be gutted.
• Freedom of speech, belief, and thought, as the U.S. Bishops have said, would be put “at risk.” Conscience rights are the most important of all rights. When they are attacked, all liberties are jeopardized.
• Taxpayer-funded abortions would become a reality.
• The bishops stress that “Houses of worship and other religious spaces will be turned into places of ‘public accommodation.'”
• Adoption and foster care providers would have their rights stripped.
• Catholic hospitals would no longer be allowed to govern as Catholic facilities, threatening healthcare for everyone, especially the poor.
• Starting in kindergarten, students would be indoctrinated in the LGBT agenda.
• Parental rights would be decimated.
• Men who transition to female could compete in women’s sports, effectively working against the rights of women.
• Privacy rights would be a thing of the past. As has already happened, a man who thinks of himself as a woman would be allowed to use the women’s locker room.

February 4, 2021 –Biden signed an executive order allowing for non-married couples to be treated as married for the purposes of the refugee system in certain circumstances.

February 4, 2021 – Biden issued a “Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Persons Around the World.” This will limit the ability of faith-based organizations to assist in foreign aid.

January 28, 2021 – Biden directed United States Agency for International Development and other United States government foreign assistance programs to ensure that adequate funds are being directed to support abortion rights.

January 28, 2021 –Biden ordered that the necessary steps be taken to resume funding to the United Nations Population Fund, which promotes family planning through the abortion.

January 28, 2021 – Biden instructed the Department of Health and Human Services to immediately move to consider rescinding the Trump administration rule blocking health care providers in the federally funded Title X family planning program from referring patients for abortions.

January 28, 2021 – Biden issued the “Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.” This memorandum revokes the Mexico City Policy, which is a U.S. government policy that requires foreign non-governmental organizations to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.”

January 25, 2021 – Biden signed an order that would allow transgender persons to serve in the Armed Forces. As part of the order, Biden urged the Defense Department to create a process that would allow individuals to change sexes while serving.

January 23, 2021 – The Department of Justice announced that it would repeal a Trump administration memo that blocked the enforcement of the Bostock ruling in federal law.

January 22, 2021 – Biden issued a statement on the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade describing the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision as a “foundational precedent” to which all judicial nominees should commit. Biden called for Roe’s codification.

January 20, 2021 – Biden issued an executive order requiring all federal agencies to implement the ruling in the Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County, which treats sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes. This is a grave injustice that erases the differences and complementary relationship between man and woman.

January 20, 2021 – Biden signed an executive order affirming that “children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports,” affirming his campaign promise to allow minors to use facilities and participate in high school sports opposite their biological sex. While campaigning, in response to a question from a parent of a transgender child, Biden said that there would be “zero discrimination” when it came to minors seeking to change their gender.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Catholic League report:

We have prepared a report, “President Biden’s Policies: Departures from Catholic Teachings,” that outlines many instances where his decision-making on important moral issues is at variance with established Catholic teachings. It has been sent to all the bishops in the United States.

To read the report, click here.

To read our report on human rights violations in China, click here.

The Catholic League has tallied nearly 50 instances where President Donald Trump has embraced or advanced religious liberty. To read the full report, click here.

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 Liberties Union (with a preface by Aaron Wildavsky) and Twilight of Liberty: The Legacy of the ACLU. The former was published in 1985 and the latter in 1994 (new material was published in the 2001 edition).

Both were published by Transaction Press and both were chosen as the Book of the Month by the Conservative Book Club.

The ACLU brands itself as the nation’s most non-partisan defender of civil liberties and as an indispensable force for freedom. The truth is that while the ACLU has done some important work, its record is one of duplicity. From its founding in 1920, its goal has never been civil liberties for everyone: it has always been the legal arm of the liberal-left (the exception being during the 1940s and 1950s).

In more recent years it has become increasingly politicized. Moreover, its unbridled defense of radical individualism has wreaked havoc in American society.

To set the record straight, earlier in the year Donohue published a 25-page booklet, The ACLU at 100, that was mass mailed to thousands of legal and advocacy organizations, the nation’s top 200 law schools and departments of political science, the media, and others. It contains nearly 100 endnotes, detailing his sources.

We are now making this booklet available online to the public. To access it, click here.