KAMALA SMART TO SKIP AL SMITH DINNER
This article originally appeared in The American Spectator on September 26, 2024 Bill Donohue Vice President Kamala Harris has turned down an invitation to speak at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City. Her [...]
TRUMP SUPPORT BY FAITHFUL PUZZLES SECULARISTS
Bill Donohue Every survey shows that most Americans do not consider Donald Trump to be a particularly devout Christian. Indeed, only 14 percent of U.S. adults say the word “Christian” describes the former president. Even [...]
WHY NON-CATHOLICS GO TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Bill Donohue At every level, non-Catholics are flocking to Catholic schools. The reasons vary, but no one argues with the numbers. The rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses, many of them at elite institutions, has [...]
DANGEROUS BALLOT INITIATIVE IN NEW YORK
Bill Donohue There is a ballot initiative in New York State this November that is downright dangerous. I wrote a lengthy rebuttal and it is now available online in English and Spanish. It is also [...]
CATHOLICS FOR KAMALA IS PITIFUL
Bill Donohue Depending on the survey, there are between 52 and 62 million Catholics in the United States; they make up roughly 20 percent of the population. That’s a significant demographic, made all the more [...]
BEWARE PSEPHOLOGISTS DURING AN ELECTION SEASON
Bill Donohue As a political sociologist, I have been studying electoral politics for decades. There is a fancy name for what is called “the scientific study of elections.” It is called psephology, or what is [...]
POPE OPINES ON HARRIS AND TRUMP
Bill Donohue Pope Francis recently ripped into Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, saying American voters were stuck with choosing “the lesser evil.” He condemned Harris’ support for abortion rights as being an “assassination,” and he [...]
MEDIA DISTORT TRUMP ON ABORTION
Bill Donohue On September 11, we detailed how Kamala Harris and the media were wrong, and former president Donald Trump was right, in assessing the exchange on abortion during the presidential debate. Their “fact-checking” is [...]
TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT ABORTION
Bill Donohue Vice President Kamala Harris and ABC moderators made comments about abortion during the presidential debate that were factually incorrect. Former President Donald Trump was correct. Worse, the media, by and large, are siding [...]
SCHOOL CHOICE MARCHES ON
Bill Donohue Those who scream the loudest about helping minorities are almost always the same ones who are doing everything they can to keep them in their place. Proof: It is mostly Democrats who champion [...]
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 [...]
THE PROFESSORS AND THE POPE
William A. Donohue When Pope Benedict XVI succeeded Pope John Paul II, the Catholic Church was blessed to have two back-to-back intellectuals of the highest order ascend to the throne of Peter. Even though most [...]
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 [...]
Bill Donohue Of Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights On The 5 Things Parents Can Do To Help Their Children Thrive and Excel In School
Bill in the news (Authority Magazine): Parents need to inculcate the following 5 virtues in their children: self-discipline, personal responsibility, perseverance, prudence and fortitude. My new book, “War on Virtue,” shows how critical these virtues [...]
“Catholic Connection”
Bill in the news ("Catholic Connection"): Bill discusses his new book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, with Teresa Tomeo. To listen click here.
Catholic League: Christian Persecution Worst in ‘Communist and Muslim-Run Nations’
Bill in the news (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has decried the global growth in Christian persecution, while singling out China and Nicaragua in particular for their aggressive assault on the Catholic Church. READ [...]
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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Bill Donohue “In creating men ‘male and female,’ God gives man and woman an equal personal dignity.” That is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches. Pope Francis not [...]
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Bill Donohue shares his thoughts and reflections on the life and legacy of the late Pope Francis and how his down to earth persona shaped the tenor of his entire [...]
Fr. MARTIN DISTORTS TRUTH ABOUT DISSIDENT NUN
Bill Donohue Fr. James Martin, the Jesuit champion of gay and transgender rights, has a column in today’s New York Times that is intellectually dishonest. I will be very specific. [...]
DEFENDING PRIESTS’ RIGHTS; AMICUS BRIEF FILED IN NJ
This is the article that appeared in the April 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our [...]