WHAT TO DO WITH ILLEGAL SEX CRIME MIGRANTS
Bill Donohue Surveys show that the majority of Americans want illegal immigrants deported, especially those who have been convicted of crime. If they were asked exclusively about those convicted of sex crimes, that number would [...]
ELECTION RESULTS WORTH PONDERING
Bill Donohue The results of the presidential election show that well-educated, wealthy secularists are not like the rest of us. In virtually every demographic group, Donald Trump either won, or did better than he did [...]
LEFTISTS ATTACK RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN EUROPE
Bill Donohue The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe) annually collects data on the state of religious liberty. Its latest report garnered media coverage on both sides of the Atlantic, [...]
NATIVITY SCENE ERECTED IN CENTRAL PARK
Bill Donohue Today, the Catholic League erected a life-size nativity scene in Central Park. It is located on 59th St. and 5th Avenue, at the Grand Army Plaza, not far from the Plaza Hotel. We [...]
NBA’S TWO-FACED INTEREST IN SOCIAL JUSTICE
Bill Donohue The National Basketball Association touts its commitment to social justice, emphasizing its opposition to racial discrimination. It’s also opposed to anything that might upset the LGBTQ crowd. But when it comes to religious [...]
HERE’S OUR THANKSGIVING TREAT
Bill Donohue In this post-election season, when half the country is celebrating and the other half is crying, we all need to chill out a bit. So enjoy reading this post. It’s our Thanksgiving treat. [...]
ANTI-THANKSGIVING FERVOR SLOWS
Bill Donohue Little kids think in terms of good guys and bad guys, and that is quite normal. But when adults think this way about history, it is sophomoric, if not dangerous. Hardly a Thanksgiving [...]
BIDEN-HARRIS’ LATEST ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Bill Donohue As we have previously pointed out, the Biden-Harris administration is the most anti-Catholic in American history. Although their days are numbered, they are still trying to stick it to Catholics. The Department of [...]
OPEN LETTER TO UNIV. OF VIRGINIA
Bill Donohue This letter is in response to an anti-Christian incident that took place last month at the University of Virginia. November 20, 2024 Ms. Nicole Thompson Senior Compliance Director for Equal Opportunity and Civil [...]
THE PROBLEM WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY Jr.
Bill Donohue Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been chosen by president-elect Donald Trump to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). From a Catholic perspective, there are serious problems with that choice. First and [...]
STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
In place of the usual “President’s Desk” article on this page, and the review/essay section on pp. 8-9, we are instead running the Catholic League advertisement that I wrote which appeared in the April 11 [...]
MEDIA MANTRAS
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue One might think that in this day and age of multiple news sources—newspapers, broadcast TV, free tabloids, radio, cable, pay-per-view, magazines, the Internet—that it would be harder for faulty [...]
IDEOLOGICAL BLINDERS
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue It is not easy to be objective, but it is not impossible. Judges in the courtroom, along with Olympic judges in diving and ice skating events, generally do a [...]
SMITHSONIAN MADNESS
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue By now, everyone knows that we objected to the video that showed large ants crawling all over Jesus on the Cross, but what is less well known is that [...]
OBAMA, CATHOLICS AND ABORTION
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue When Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, the Republican Party was the pro-abortion party, and the Democrats were the party of life. There was a very strong WASP [...]
ARE THERE NO PRINCIPLES LEFT?
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue Catholic League members are not unfamiliar with the raging hypocrisy that governs our cultural elites. We know all about their unlimited tolerance for Catholic bashing, and their equally unlimited [...]
GROUND ZERO MOSQUE IS MORALLY WRONG
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William Donohue As president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, and as a strong advocate of religious liberty, I am instinctively pulled towards support for building a mosque near [...]
HOMOSEXUALITY AND SEXUAL ABUSE
The conventional wisdom maintains there is a pedophilia crisis in the Catholic Church. Popular as this position is, it is empirically wrong: the data show it has been a homosexual crisis all along. The evidence [...]
UNDERSTANDING ANTHONY MALKIN
In New York, like all big cities, there are public notables, superstar athletes, entertainers, politicians, community leaders, businessmen, venture capitalists, clergymen, artists, media personalities, actors, musicians—celebrities of all kinds—persons who stand out and are well [...]
CULTURAL TOXINS
There are times when it would be great to be a fly on the wall, listening to how an unseemly discussion unfolds. I felt this way recently when I learned that Mother Teresa was being [...]
“The Federalist Radio Hour”
Bill in the News ("The Federalist Radio Hour"): On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Bill Donohue, president and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily [...]
Perspective: In L.A. Dodgers controversy, ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ LGBTQ group wins at the expense of people of faith
Bill in the News (Deseret News):The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are not nuns. And regardless of what good they may have done over the past 30 years, visiting hospices and “lecturing ... about the risks [...]
“EWTN Live”
Bill Donohue discusses the current controversy with the Los Angeles Dodgers and other matters with Fr. Mitch Pacwa on "EWTN LIve." To watch click here.
“Catholic Connection”
Bill in the News ("Catholic Connection"): “The Los Angeles Dodgers threw Catholics and conservatives a curveball on Monday by reversing their decision not to spotlight the blasphemous anti-Catholic drag group known as the “Sisters of Perpetual [...]
After Dodgers reinstate plan to honor group, LA archdiocese calls on Catholic to support women religious
Bill in the News (Detroit Catholic): Catholic groups, including the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, and Catholic Vote, as well as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, had criticized the group for mocking the Catholic [...]
Catholic League: Joe Biden Is Dividing Americans ‘Along Racial Lines’
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue said Monday that Joe Biden and his administration are “stoking the fire” of racism in America. READ MORE HERE
Los Angeles Dodgers reverse course and re-invite drag charity group to Pride Night event
Bill in the News (CNN): Among those who balked at the Sisters’ recognition were Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio and Bill Donahue, the president of the Catholic League, an organization that says it protects religious and [...]
Dodgers Apologize, Reverse Ban on Drag Group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Bill in the News (Hollywood Reporter): The original decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and rescind its award came in response to complaints made by the Catholic League and other Catholic groups and [...]
Dodgers apologize, reverse course on Pride Night exclusion
Bill in the News (The Washington Post): Rubio and Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, had written public letters to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expressing their displeasure. Both argued that including the sisters, who [...]
Dodgers disinvite anti-Catholic drag performers from Pride Night after backlash
Catholic League in the News (Catholic News Agency): San Francisco’s Archbishop Cordileone also shared the Catholic League’s statement on Twitter. He added the comment: “‘Community Heroes’ for this?” READ MORE HERE
Annual Reports
Media
Media Archbishop Dolan’s Critics Freak Out In November, following the election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, critics of the New York archbishop went ballistic. Here [...]
The War on Christmas
November We sent all 50 governors a manger scene to be displayed during the Christmas season, and most did not have the courtesy of even replying. As you can see from the list below, we [...]
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous January 5 Joliet, IL – A large painting depicting the history of Jesus Christ, displayed for the Christmas season, was stolen from a home. January 10 Wilkes-Barre, PA – A student of Kings College was found [...]
Papal
PAPAL WITCH-HUNT In the spring of 2010, there was a concerted effort by the media, led by the New York Times, to blame Pope Benedict XVI for the sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church. [...]
Executive Summary
Executive Summary Every year in the Catholic League’s history has its similarities and unique qualities. What made 2009 so different from past years was the extent to which government threatened the rights of Catholics and [...]
Activist Organizations
Activist Organizations January 3 San Francisco, CA – Opponents of Proposition 8 vandalized Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, in the heart of San Francisco’s gay Castro community; the California resolution, passed by voters in November 2008, [...]
The Arts
February 12 – 14, 26 – 28 Orlando & Tampa, FL – The art show “Nude Nite” appeared over two weekends in two separate cities. The exhibition featured a couple of pieces that were disturbing. A [...]
Business
March 25 New York, NY – The manager of the New York Palace Hotel was fired after ordering an employee to remove ashes from his forehead on Ash Wednesday. The managing director of the posh hotel—located [...]
Education
January 22 Spokane, WA – Officials at the Community Colleges of Spokane and Spokane Falls Community College threatened pro-life students with expulsion if they held a pro-life event on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The [...]
Government
January 23 Bills were introduced in both houses of the Maryland legislature—sponsored by Delores Goodwin Kelley in the Senate and C. Sue Hecht in the House—that would have continued the duplicitous way private and public [...]
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CAMDEN BISHOP THROWS IN THE TOWEL
Bill Donohue June 17, 2025 For seven years, the Diocese of Camden fought attempts by the New Jersey Attorney General to empanel a grand jury to examine allegations of clergy [...]
WHY DO LEFTISTS STILL LOVE MASKS?
June 16, 2025 Bill Donohue This article originally appeared in the American Spectator. On March 24, anti-Jewish protesters showed up at Columbia University chanting, “Long live the intifada.” Many were [...]
CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE IN U.S. VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARS
June 13, 2025 Bill Donohue It’s too bad public school officials don’t convene a national seminar inviting Catholic officials and scholars to explain to them how to resolve the sexual [...]
CELEBRATE FIDELITY MONTH
June 13, 2025 Bill Donohue To some, June is Gay Pride Month, but to Catholics, and to traditionalists who belong to other religions, it is Fidelity Month. I was very [...]
