THE DEATH OF DEI
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 [...]
COMPASSION IS NOT NECESSARILY VIRTUOUS
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 [...]
CBS SIDES WITH THE BISHOPS
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 [...]
BIDEN TEED IT UP FOR PRO-LIFE PARDONS
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 [...]
MONTANA DEMS ATTACK CONFESSIONAL
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, [...]
OPEN LETTER TO DC BISHOP WHO LECTURED TRUMP
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 [...]
POPE’S IDEA OF POOR MIGRANTS IS FLAWED
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 [...]
CORPORATIONS ASKED TO DROP DEI POLICIES
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 [...]
TWO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS JOIN OUR BOARD OF ADVISORS
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 [...]
HEGSETH’S CHRISTIAN TATTOO IS MERITORIOUS
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, [...]
JUSTIFYING ANTI-CATHOLICISM
William A. Donohue Anti-Zionists often say they are not opposed to Jews, just the Israeli state. Some are telling the truth, but others are lying. Similarly, hyper-critics of Catholicism often say they are anti-clerical, but [...]
THE NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED
William A. Donohue Virtually everyone I know is sick and tired of the presidential debates, and it matters not a whit whether the person is a Republican or a Democrat. The general consensus is that [...]
CATHOLIC COMPLACENCY
About a year ago, I was asked by a staffer for Tom Monaghan (of Domino's Pizza fame) to speak at the 2016 Legatus conference. He was upset that Catholics are too complacent; he wanted me [...]
ABORTION KILLS, USUALLY
William A. Donohue Melissa Ohden should have died in 1977, but the abortion failed. On September 9, 2015, the founder of Abortion Survivors Network testified before the House Judiciary Committee to explain her story. I [...]
NO “SPOTLIGHT” ON HOLLYWOOD CHILD RAPE
William A. Donohue In the run-up to the November 6 debut of "Spotlight," movie reviewers hailed it as an eye-opening account of the sexual abuse scandal that occurred in the Boston Archdiocese. But Hollywood has [...]
PLAYBOY DECLARES VICTORY
William A. Donohue [Editor's note: This is a slightly longer version of an article that first appeared online at Newsmax.] If they want to keep their jobs, the girls at Playboy have to put their [...]
DISOBEYING THE LAW
William A. Donohue Is it ever right to disobey the law in a democracy? This question has been raised a lot lately, especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. [...]
POPE’S VISIT RIPE FOR PROPAGANDA
William A. Donohue Propaganda experts are already out in force and Pope Francis has yet to come to the U.S. Propaganda is the deliberate skewing of information done for the purpose of altering public opinion [...]
MOTHER ANGELICA’S GREATEST GIFT
William A. Donohue Mother Angelica built the most powerful Catholic media empire in American history, one so towering that it really has no rival anywhere in the world. The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is, [...]
WHO UNDERVALUES WOMEN?
William A. Donohue We hear it all the time: the Catholic Church discriminates against women. As compared to which institutions? The Congress? Women comprise 18 percent of its members. Fortune 500 companies? Women account for [...]
Catholic Grief and Faithful Shepherds in Death and Exile
Catholic League in the News (Beyond These Stone Walls): Four of my dozen posts about the injustices that befell Cardinal Pell were written in 2023. One of them became recommended reading by the Catholic League [...]
NET-TV’s “Currents News”
Bill in the News (Currents News): Bill Donohue discusses the Catholic League's Christmas billboard in Times Square on NET-TV's "Currents News." To watch, click here.
“The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”
Bill Donohue on true religious diversity & the latest cultural assaults on Christmas. To watch , click here.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ACLU
Bill in the News (First Things): Bill Donohue, famous today as the head of the Catholic League, as a young man obtained his PhD in sociology at New York University with a dissertation on the [...]
Albertville drag show planned despite national protest
Bill in the News (WAFF48): Catholic League President Bill Donohue says events like this go against religious teachings and laws of nature. “Our biology is really at work here. They’re trying to erase the idea [...]
POPE FRANCIS THANKS NOTORIOUS LGBT ACTIVIST FOR HIS ‘MINISTRY’
Bill in the News (Breitbart): According to Catholic League president Bill Donohue, Zerkowski “is the head of the ‘LGBTQ Outreach Community’ for the Diocese of Lexington, and the leader of Fortunate Families, another queer dissident [...]
Ten Prescriptions for a Strong Family
Bill in the News (CatholicLink): In my book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, I point out that Asians, Jews, Mormons and Nigerians are the most successful demographic groups [...]
US Catholics Disturbed by Pope Francis on Same-Sex Unions, Synod Plans
Bill in the News (Newsmax): The pope's reply, he told Newsmax, "has not changed matters. After he begins his response with a straightforward summary of church teachings, he uses words and terms such as 'but,' [...]
Arizona Diamondbacks host first Catholic spirit night
Bill in the News (Washington Examiner): In a statement, Catholic League President Bill Donohue praised the Diamondbacks for hosting the spirit night for Catholics. "In June, we led a culture war against the Los Angeles [...]
Donald Trump calls 6-week abortion ban a ‘terrible mistake’
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): Though many pro-life advocates condemned Trump’s latest abortion take, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, told CNA that the former president’s stance is rooted in the difficult [...]
Special Reports
MYTHS OF THE MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES
Bill Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Prejudice, as the psychologist Gordon W. Allport stressed, is always an “unwarranted” attitude. If someone experiences severe discomfort by eating certain foods, there is nothing [...]
STAR-LEDGER’S WAR ON ARCHBISHOP MYERS
Bill Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights May 2013 On April 28, an editorial in the Newark Star-Ledger called on Newark Archbishop John J. Myers to resign. There should be a resignation, [...]
OBAMA’S WAR ON RELIGION
Bill Donohue In September 2012, Bill Donohue wrote a four-part series that was featured on Newsmax.com. The series focused on the war on religion that has been waged by the administration of President Barack Obama. [...]
Some Key Misunderstandings Regarding the Child Sexual Abuse Scandal and the Catholic Church
Some Key Misunderstandings Regarding the Child Sexual Abuse Scandal and the Catholic Church William O’Donohue, Ph.D. Olga Cirlugea, B.A. Lorraine Benuto, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Nevada, Reno We are clinical psychologists (the second [...]
STATEMENT TO THE DULUTH COMMUNITY: UNIV. OF MINNESOTA DULUTH HOLOCAUST EVENT
Dr. William A. Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights April 10, 2012 It has come to my attention that the University of Minnesota Duluth is hosting a series of events on the [...]
SNAP UNRAVELS
Bill Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights At the end of 2011, a Missouri judge ordered David Clohessy, the president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), to be [...]
ROLLING STONE GETS UGLY: VILE HIT ON PHILLY ARCHDIOCESE
Special Report by Bill Donohue The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church provides grist for the mill to those who harbor an animus against it, so a certain amount of cheap shots are to [...]
SNAP EXPOSED: UNMASKING THE SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS
Special Report by William Donohue August 22, 2011 The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) held a national conference in Washington, D.C., July 8-10. This report details what happened. Over the past decade, Catholics [...]
John Jay 2011 Study on Sexual Abuse: A Critical Analysis
Special Report by Bill Donohue May 24, 2011 Click here to read Bill Donohue's analysis of the 2011 John Jay Report on the "Causes and Context" of clergy sex abuse.
Response to CNN Documentary on the Pope
Special Report by William A. Donohue, Ph.D. September 28, 2010 The CNN documentary, "What the Pope Knew," which aired September 25, deserves a response. The program begins with music and graphics that set the tone: those [...]
Annual Reports
THE ARTS
February 29 – March 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse featured a five-day run of Matthew Lombardo’s play, “High,” with Kathleen Turner starring as a recovering alcoholic, gutter-mouth nun. Convinced of his special claim [...]
BUSINESS/WORKPLACE
February 24 New York, NY – Rep. Michael Grimm requested that the Empire State Building shine red in honor of the elevation of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan to cardinal. Grimm’s request was denied by [...]
EDUCATION
January 21 – September 21 Nashville, TN – On January 21, Vanderbilt University administrators announced the new “nondiscrimination” policy that stipulated that religious student groups could no longer require their leaders to agree with the [...]
GOVERNMENT
January 11 Washington, D.C. – In a unanimous decision (Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that churches are entitled to make employment decisions without interference by the government. [...]
MEDIA
MEDIA RESPONSE TO VATICAN INQUIRY OF LCWR Once again, an internal matter of the Catholic Church became fodder for media voyeurs, pundits and talking heads when a number of dissident nuns became the subject of [...]
HHS MANDATE TARGETS CATHOLICS
This year, for the first time in American history, the federal government waged war on the First Amendment rights of Roman Catholics. When the healthcare bill was being considered, the Obama administration said it would [...]
THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS
November 20 Alsip, IL – The Freedom From Religion Foundation used the threat of a lawsuit to force the Village of Alsip to cancel the display of a cross on its water tower, which had [...]
MISCELLANEOUS
January 22 Dorcester, MA – At Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Church, a statue of Jesus was decapitated and moved off its base. February 22 Union City, CA – On Ash Wednesday, vandals attacked St. [...]
PREFACE
There are many ways of writing an annual report: some organizations list a few major accomplishments, while others provide a tally of incidents or events. We don’t quantify—it’s not easy to do so with qualitative [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
When 2011 began, we did not expect that we would spend a disproportionate amount of time addressing attacks on the Catholic Church stemming from charges of clergy sexual abuse. But we did. Consider how this [...]
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