DEBUNKING SLAVERY MYTHS THIS JULY 4th
Bill Donohue Not a Fourth of July goes by without some sage telling us how slavery is as American as apple pie. They have no idea what they are talking about. As Harvard sociologist Orlando [...]
TRUMP TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT ABORTION
Bill Donohue The “fact checkers” at the Associated Press, CNN, the Washington Post and WCBS radio (NY) are claiming that former president Donald Trump was wrong to say in the debate that not only do [...]
1994 GAY PRIDE PARADE WAS OBSCENE
Bill Donohue The Gay Pride Parade in New York City is this Sunday. It is worth recalling what happened thirty years ago when gays came from around the world to celebrate the 25th anniversary of [...]
LOOK WHO’S A “DOMESTIC THREAT”?
Bill Donohue sent the following letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: June 25, 2024 Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 Dear Secretary Mayorkas: It was recently reported that [...]
PROBING CATHOLIC-RUN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS
Bill Donohue On June 14, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a report on boarding schools for Native American children, some of which were run by the Catholic Church. From 1869 to [...]
THE RACIST UNDERTONES OF “EQUITY EDUCATION”
Bill Donohue The term “equity education” is a misnomer: it has nothing to do with fairness. Rather, it has everything to do with dumbing-down academic standards. It also carries racist undertones. From as long as [...]
WE ARE BADLY DIVIDED
Bill Donohue In his eighteenth century classic, Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur said he had never seen such assimilation as in America. The French writer said our ability to [...]
FBI MUST RELEASE “NASHVILLE MANIFESTO”
The following letter by Catholic League president Bill Donohue to Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, explains why he wants the FBI to authorize the release of the “Nashville Manifesto” [...]
WHY WON’T RACHEL LEVINE CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY?
Bill Donohue Rachel Levine, President Biden’s assistant secretary of health, should be celebrating Father’s Day—he has two children—but he won’t be. That’s because he thinks he is a woman. But he didn’t celebrate Mother’s Day [...]
POPE WORRIED ABOUT “FAGS” IN THE VATICAN
Bill Donohue Pope Francis is obviously worried about “fags” in the seminaries, and even in the Vatican. On May 28, it was reported that in a private meeting with 250 Italian bishops the week before, [...]
KEY TO CATHOLIC SUCCESS: KEEPING IT CLEAN
William A. Donohue Several years ago, a woman who was setting up a new Catholic lay group asked if it would be okay for her to attend one of our staff meetings; she admired the [...]
IT’S ALL ABOUT DISCERNMENT
William A. Donohue I'm often asked how the Catholic League decides what it should do and how it should proceed. Suffice it to say that there are no barometers, metal detectors or replay cameras in [...]
JEWS AND HOLLYWOOD
William A. Donohue Ever since Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and I squared off against each other on the December 8 edition of MSNBC's "Scarborough Country," there has been considerable chatter over my comment, "Hollywood is controlled [...]
BAD YEAR FOR THE CULTURAL ELITES
The year 2004 was a bad one for our cultural elites. They began the year by calling Christians who liked Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” anti-Semites, and they finished the year by calling [...]
MYTHS ABOUT CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION
William A. Donohue The issue of separation of church and state proved to be quite alive during this election year, but as the lead story in this issue of Catalyst shows, it is not tied exclusively to [...]
BELIEVERS VS. NON-BELIEVERS
Recent surveys on religion in public life reveal that America is still a vibrantly religious nation. But there is also evidence that the raging culture war is a reflection of the burgeoning disharmony between believers [...]
BRENDA PROVES THEM WRONG
William A. Donohue It’s often been said that it’s wise for friends and family members to avoid discussions about religion and politics. These are volatile issues in any given year, but they have become more [...]
THE TRIUMPH OF THE BANALITY OF EVIL
William A. Donohue If you haven't read pages 8-9 yet, please do so before reading this article; it will facilitate what I'm about to say. The late philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote brilliantly on the causes of totalitarianism, [...]
CHURCH AND STATE IN AN ELECTION YEAR
William A. Donohue Few things in life are more contemptible than intellectual dishonesty. It's one thing to be wrong from time to time (true of all of us), quite another to make a living advancing [...]
WHAT’S WRONG WITH WHITE PEOPLE?
William A. Donohue The Catholic Church rightfully emphasizes that all human beings share an inherent dignity. It matters not a whit what a person's race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or age is—all are [...]
Catholic League’s Donohue Calls on Faithful to Cancel DirecTV
Bill in the news (Newsmax): The carrier, Donohue said, "is claiming the decision to drop Newsmax has to do with a quarrel over fees," but he called that "nonsense." READ MORE HERE
Bill Donohue: Catholics Should Drop DirecTV
Bill in the news (Newsmax): Catholics who use DirecTV should cancel their subscription and access a new carrier. DirecTV, which is mostly owned by AT&T, has decided to drop Newsmax, the cable TV station that [...]
Spanish Priest Calls Out Father James Martin for His ‘Poisoned Doctrine’ on Homosexuality
Catholic League in the news (National Catholic Register): Father Martin tweeted, “Pete Buttigieg is married,” commenting on a tweet from the Catholic League, which read that “it is true that Peter Buttigieg is legally married, [...]
The Devilishly Heretical Fr. James Martin
Catholic League in the news (Crisis Magazine): It started when the Catholic League tweeted, “It’s true that Pete Buttigieg is legally married, but that is a legal fiction.” READ MORE HERE
Nancy Pelosi Summoned Priests to Perform Exorcism of Her San Francisco Townhouse
Bill in the news (Breitbart): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said Pelosi is “positively conflicted.” “She wears her Catholicism on her sleeve while basically sticking her middle finger at the Catholic Church every [...]
NY Times: Pelosi Summons Priests to Exorcise Evil From Home
Bill in the news (Newsmax): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, urged the former House Speaker to seek "help" — from a psychiatrist. READ MORE HERE
Biden touts efforts to protect ‘religious freedom,’ condemns persecution in annual proclamation
Bill in the news (Christian Post): [Bill Donohue] suggested that the Department of Justice was imposing "unequal justice under the law" by raiding a pro-life activist's home with a SWAT team while taking little action to [...]
Catholic Leaders Mourn Death of Cardinal Pell, Victim of Anti-Catholic Hate
Bill in the news (The Star News Network): “No priest of his stature was victimized in recent times more than him,” wrote The Catholic League President Bill Donohue Wednesday. “He suffered mightily, spending over 400 days [...]
Trevor Noah Couldn’t Balance Comedy And Propaganda As Host Of ‘The Daily Show’
Bill in the news (The Federalist): Bill Donohue, the league’s president, said, “Noah will go down as one of the most vulgar and bigoted comedians in television history.” READ MORE HERE.
Catholic League: New Top Bishop Right to Link Abuse to Homosexuality
Bill in the news (Breitbart): The newly elected president of the U.S. bishops’ conference (USCCB) is correct in linking clerical sexual abuse to homosexuality, declares Catholic League president Bill Donohue. READ MORE HERE
Annual Reports
The Christmas Wars
Activist Organizations November 28 The Anti-Defamation League advised government officials on the placement of religious symbols on public grounds. One of the matters explained by ADL was “Choosing appropriate holiday symbols to decorate school grounds—among [...]
Miscellaneous
January 7 New York, NY – Two 20-year-olds and an 18-year-old were arrested for allegedly stealing statues of the Baby Jesus from nativity scenes over a two-year period. Police said they would not charge them with [...]
Cartoons
This cartoon questions whether presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith would hinder his campaign. The Blessed Mother and God the Father are satirized, but the depiction of Jesus, relaxing on the sofa in a crown [...]
The Golden Compass
Over the summer, the Catholic League started hearing about an upcoming film called “The Golden Compass.” The film was to be based on the first book of a trilogy called His Dark Materials written by British children’s [...]
Executive Summary
Every year there is an issue that absorbs a disproportionate amount of Catholic League resources, and in 2006 that issue clearly was "The Da Vinci Code." While many organizations from several faith communities objected to [...]
Activist
January 16 Madison, WI — The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted on its website the following question about the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court: "Are you aware that if nominee Samuel Alito is [...]
The Arts
February 2 New York, NY — The Forum Gallery displayed a painting titled "Bread Shine," which depicted several tiny figures engaged in sex acts beneath an industrial breadbox. A figure of Christ was attached to the [...]
Business / Workplace
March 10 Watonga, OK — A priest phoned and e-mailed the Catholic League to inform us that a prisoner at Diamondback Correctional Facility was suing the facility's parent company, the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). The [...]
Cartoons
This cartoon by Domineck Scudera falsely accuses the pope of teaching hatred toward gays. (Philadelphia Gay News, December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007). Almost five years after the sex abuse scandal, some continue [...]
Education
January Shelburne, VT — A pamphlet from Child Lures Prevention that educates parents, teachers and students about violence against children included, as a symbol of hate, the Chi-Rho. Christians frequently use the Chi-Rho as a monogram [...]
Most Shared Posts
SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN
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 [...]
PASSING THE PAPAL BATON
Bill Donohue The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday caught many as a surprise, though not as a shock. He definitely rebounded from the time he was hospitalized, but [...]
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SHOULD BE CENSURED
This letter explains why we want her censured. Contact Tom Rust, Staff Director House Ethics Committee: tom.rust@mail.house.gov April 21, 2025 Rep. Michael Guest Chairman House Ethics Committee 1015 Longworth House [...]
How Pope Francis’ history of criticizing Trump and embracing LGBTQ rights rankled conservative Catholics
Bill in the News (New York Post): Bill Donohue, president of the Manhattan-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told The Post that Francis’s papacy will be eyed as [...]