MEDIA COVER-UP FOR HARRIS
Bill Donohue Our normally curious media are noticeably incurious regarding several serious matters involving Kamala Harris. Why the silence on issues that the voters have every right to know about? Harris is rarely asked when [...]
MEET THE CATHOLICS WHO SUPPORT HARRIS
Bill Donohue As we have pointed out numerous times, Kamala Harris has not endeared herself to Catholics. Her policies on abortion, marriage, the family, sexuality, religious liberty and school choice are all contrary to Catholic [...]
WASHINGTON POST NEEDS A REALITY CHECK
Bill Donohue Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, lives in the real world, but many of his readers and writers do not. He knows the media have lost their credibility but the others [...]
KAMALA’S RACIST IDEA OF BLACK MEN
Bill Donohue We all possess several statuses. For example, Kamala Harris is Vice President of the United States, a woman, and a descendant of slavemasters. Furthermore, we all have a master status, the one that [...]
KAMALA CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT ABORTION
Bill Donohue When Trump was in office, the average year-over-year inflation rate was 1.9 percent. It has soared under Biden-Harris, making it the number-one issue for voters. Under Trump, illegal immigration was tamed, but under [...]
CATHOLIC CHURCHES TARGETED IN NYC
Bill Donohue In the last six months, four Catholic churches in New York City have been vandalized, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral was invaded during Mass for the second time this year. Here are the data. [...]
LAUGHING AT ABORTION
Bill Donohue Can abortion be funny? Some think so. While most liberals would not agree that it is, it remains true that the only ones who do are secular liberals. Some are prominent Americans. If [...]
NEW “CATHOLIC” FILM CONCLAVE TO DEBUT
Michael P. McDonald On October 25, Conclave will appear in movie theaters across the country. This thriller about a fictitious papal-election has garnered glowing reviews on the film festival circuit. In fact, the movie has [...]
HARRIS AND “Dr.” JILL COMPETE FOR HONORS
Bill Donohue The literary credentials of Kamala Harris and Jill Biden are quite a spectacle. Not sure who is more impressive. Harris claims to be the author of a 2010 book, Smart On Crime. Jill [...]
WHY KAMALA STIFFED AL SMITH DINNER
Bill Donohue None of us like to go to a party where we feel out of place. This explains why Kamala Harris decided to stiff New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan and skip the Al [...]
CATHOLIC LEFT HAS LOST ITS MOORINGS
Throughout American history, there has been an uneasy relationship between those on the left side of the political spectrum who are religious, and those who are secular. It has been obvious that the two groups [...]
BUSY ON ALL FRONTS
William A. Donohue Last December I wrote a president’s desk piece titled, “Culture War Ready to Explode.” I predicted that the election of Barack Obama would occasion a fierce battle between traditionalists and modernists, and [...]
MORAL BASIS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
On December 18, Pope Benedict XVI told 11 new ambassadors to the Vatican that economic development and financial policies must be based on firm ethical grounds. This was not a throw-away statement: the pope has [...]
SOME REALLY LOVE ABORTION
William A. Donohue The pro-life movement knows that 2009 will test its reserve more than ever before. It is an appropriate time, then, to consider what we’re up against. Most of those in favor of [...]
CULTURE WAR READY TO EXPLODE
William A. Donohue We have been in the throes of a culture war for the past half-century, but never has it been more imperative to buckle your seat belts until now. Quite frankly, the culture [...]
KERRY KENNEDY CATHOLICS
William A. Donohue A Pew survey recently revealed that no religion has lost more adherents, proportionately speaking, than Catholicism. That may be true, but it is also true that no other religion is beset with [...]
“COMMON GROUND” CATHOLICS
William A. Donohue After George W. Bush won reelection in 2004, it was disclosed that “values voters” played a major role in defeating the Democrats. More than any other issue, it was abortion that proved [...]
MILITANT ATHEISM UNLEASHED
William A. Donohue When I spoke to a reporter from Providence about a play that mocked the Eucharist, I unloaded. Fortunately, he listened to me explain the source of my anger. “Because this is the [...]
POWER TO THE PEOPLE?
William A. Donohue In the 1960s, left-wing radicals loved to shout, “Power to the People.” They didn’t mean it then, and the aging extremists sure don’t mean it now. Laura Ingraham means it—she even wrote [...]
INTERNET PLUSES AND MINUSES
William A. Donohue Libel laws in this country divide the population in two: private persons and public persons. Following New York Times v. Sullivan in 1964, the former category is entitled to plenty of protection while the [...]
“Vocal Point” with Jerry Newcombe
Bill in the News ("Vocal Point" with Jerry Newcombe): Founding father John Adams once said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any [...]
“The Right Take with Mark Tapson”
Bill in the News ("The Right Take with Mark Tapson"): In this episode of "The Right Take" Mark interviews returning guest Bill Donohue, about his new book War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is [...]
Church leaders mostly silent after teen who opposed transgender ideology suspended from Catholic school
Bill in the News ( Fox News Digital): "The Diocese of Pembroke says the school is not under its jurisdiction," Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told Fox News Digital. [...]
Catholic League Marks 50 Years of Fighting for Religious and Civil Rights
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): A scan of the League’s newsletter Catalyst suggests the scope of its current interests, from infringements on religious rights at universities to the exploitation of children in the name of [...]
New Jersey U.S. Rep. Chris Smith Rips Biden Administration for Canceling Franciscans’ Longstanding Contract to Provide Military Hospital Pastoral Care
Bill in the News (Star News Network): However, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told The Star News Network the Biden administration’s decision “to strip a group of Franciscan priests [...]
Anti-Christian hostility reaching ‘unprecedented’ levels in culture, government under Biden, observers warn
Bill in the news (Fox News): "The church is not encroaching on the government, it's the government encroaching on the churches, and it's coming most viciously from the Biden administration," Donohue told Fox News Digital. [...]
“Wake Up!”
Bill in the news ("Wake Up!"): Bill Donohue discusses his new book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, on Catholic Community Radio's "Wake Up!" To listen click here.
Florida pro-life pregnancy center sues Jane’s Revenge for financial retribution
Bill in the news (Fox News): In January, Catholic League president Bill Donohue penned a letter to the House Judiciary Committee "requesting an investigation of those responsible for attacks on churches, pro-life activists and crisis [...]
Catholic League documentary exposing Disney’s LGBT agenda wins film festival awards
Catholic League in the news (LifeSiteNews): This month, the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival announced that the film had won its monthly awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Documentary Short category, Best Editing, and [...]
Catholic Exchange Podcast: War on Virtue
Bill in the news (Catholic Exchange): Bill Donohue shares his opinions on: The "vital virtues" that are prerequisites to success; Why Hollywood's depravity is a coordinated effort to corrupt hearts and minds; Wokeism as a [...]
Annual Reports
Miscellaneous
January 6 Eugene, OR – Two notes, carrying a bomb threat and an anti-Catholic message, were stuck on the doors of two separate Catholic schools, canceling classes. January 9 Philadelphia, PA – A burglar broke into a [...]
The War on Christmas
October 30 Olympia, WA – The director of the Department of General Administration signed rules that dictated no religious or other nongovernmental displays would be allowed inside any building on the State Capitol campus. But the [...]
Media
Internet May 13 The Washington Post/Newsweek blog “On Faith” ran a panel discussion on priestly celibacy. About half of the panelists disagreed with the Church’s position on this matter but were not vicious in their criticism. Four [...]
Pope
Pope Bashing January 30 – February 4Following Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to reach out to the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), a controversy erupted due to the media’sdistortion of the story. After it was [...]
Executive Summary
Executive Summary The most important Catholic event in the U.S. in 2008 was the papal visit that took place in April. Pope Benedict XVI not only brought joy and hope to the faithful, he swayed [...]
Activist
Activist Organizations January Americans United for Separation of Church and State criticized a resolution introduced by Virginia Congressman, Randy Forbes. The resolution would support a designated week each May for “the appreciation of and education [...]
The Arts
January – March Los Angeles, CA – The Annie Hendy play “The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity” was performed at the Pico Playhouse. The play is about a 24-year-old Catholic woman who is [...]
Business
Business & Workplace January Daly City, CA – A man-turned-woman sued Seton Medical Center after being denied breast augmentation surgery following a transgender operation. The Catholic hospital, which is run by the Daughters of Charity, [...]
Education
January 17 Madison, WI – A U.S. district judge ruled that the University of Wisconsin-Madison must stop denying funding to student organizations that engage in prayer, worship, or proselytizing. The school refused to fund the [...]
Government
January Denver, CO – Colorado state house member Gwyn Green introduced two separate bills—one for private institutions and one for public institutions—regarding lawsuits involving the sexual abuse of children. We addressed this legislation with two [...]
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WRAY AND GARLAND NEED TO ANSWER TO CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue The new batch of documents on the Biden FBI Catholic spy ring makes it clear that those responsible for this obscene gambit need to be held accountable. The [...]
BIDEN’S FBI LIED ABOUT SPYING ON CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue We have known for years about an anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI that was operative under President Biden. It spied on practicing Catholics, not just those who [...]
CORPORATE RETREAT FROM PRIDE PARADES
Michael P. McDonald In the last several years, we have grown accustomed to every major corporation spewing rainbows to mark the beginning of June as the corporate elites fell over [...]
POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88; LEGACY WAS MIXED
This is the article that appeared in the May 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our [...]
