SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER IS A HATE GROUP; PART II
Bill Donohue Part I of this two-part series on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) focused on six conservative organizations that SPLC falsely labels as “hate groups”; to read it click here. Part II assesses [...]
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER IS A HATE GROUP; Part I
Bill Donohue There are many radical organizations in the country, but none has achieved a more inflated status than the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Its undeserved status is due to its perceived expertise in [...]
ACCUSED PRIEST EXONERATED BUT ISSUES REMAIN
Bill Donohue In January, Fr. Jerome Kaywell, a priest at Sacred Heart Punta Gorda, in the Diocese of Venice, Florida, was accused of sexual misconduct dating back to the winter of 2013-2014. The accused, whose [...]
CAN’T ERASE OUR JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PAST
Bill Donohue Militant secularists would like to erase our religious heritage, but they are clearly in over their heads. Our nation’s Capitol abounds with Judeo-Christian iconography, so much so that it overwhelms attempts to cancel [...]
PUBLIC CONCERNED ABOUT LOSS OF RELIGION
Bill Donohue Is it a good thing, or a bad thing, for a free society to have a vibrant role for religion? The Founders, not all of whom were practicing Christians, were unanimous in their [...]
FLAWED SURVEY DEMONIZES CHRISTIANS
Bill Donohue A new poll on LGBT rights has been published by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a left-wing outfit with a reputation for crafting politically skewed surveys. Its most prominent researcher, sociologist Robert [...]
SALUTE TO ST. PATRICK
Bill Donohue [Note: We run this article each year in honor of St. Patrick] The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history [...]
SUPPORT WANING FOR LGBT MOVEMENT
Bill Donohue There are now more Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender than at any time in history. A new Gallup poll shows that the LGBT population stands at 7.6 percent. But [...]
MEET THE TIKTOK NUN
Bill Donohue She’s advertised quite a bit on Fox News, posing as an advocate for TikTok. In full habit, she is introduced as Sister Monica Clare. Most people would just assume she is a Catholic [...]
SUPPORT DETRANSITIONERS
Bill Donohue March 12 is Detransition Awareness Day, the most important LGBT day of the year. Those who are responsible for transgenderism, the pernicious ideology that holds that the sexes are not binary and are [...]
NO ONE CALLED THEM CENSORS
William A. Donohue For the past five-and-a-half years, I have had to reason by analogy with the media, educators, activists, artists and others, just to get my basic point across. Unfazed by anti-Catholicism, our adversaries [...]
“CORPUS CHRISTI” IS GAY HATE SPEECH
William A. Donohue Just a few days before the gala opening of the Terrence McNally play, "Corpus Christi," I had a chance to preview it. The basic message is this: Jesus was no more divine [...]
A PABLUM CULTURE?
William A. Donohue This past summer, New York Times columnist Frank Rich accused the Catholic League of being "too thin-skinned." Though we were not the only example he provided, he began and finished his piece with us. [...]
ACCOUNTING FOR SUCCESS
William A. Donohue In the past five years, the Catholic League has grown faster than any other civil rights organization in the country. Inextricably tied to that achievement is our public visibility: it has grown [...]
THEY REALLY DO HATE US
William A. Donohue This past spring, while addressing the Orlando chapter of Legatus, I entered into a discussion with a man who questioned why there was so much Catholic bashing these days. I could have [...]
REDEFINING MORALITY
William A. Donohue A few years ago, Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a brilliant article explaining how our society was "defining deviancy down." What he observed was the disturbing tendency to approve of behavior that previously [...]
THE LIMITS OF ECUMENISM
William A. Donohue After President Clinton took Communion at a South African Roman Catholic church, a well-known journalist, himself not a Catholic, defended the president by saying that what he did was an example of [...]
SHOULD CATHOLICISM BE RELEVANT?
William A. Donohue On a recent television show that I was on, one of the other guests remarked that Catholicism risked becoming obsolete because its message wasn’t relevant enough to today’s Catholics. I [...]
THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE AT 25 (1973-1998)
William A. Donohue On April 16, the Catholic League will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a dinner at The Plaza in New York City (see p. 7 for the details). There is much to celebrate, as [...]
NEO-ANTI-CATHOLICISM
There are many genres of anti-Catholicism, the most well-known of which are discriminatory practices against individual Catholics and bigoted assaults on the institutional Church. Both forms continue to exist, but the contemporary strain of Catholic [...]
Prior To March For Life, Pro-Choice Catholic Group Sends Message In Favor Of Abortion
Bill in the news (Tampa Free Press): Catholic League president Bill Donohue condemns the actions of Catholics for Choice. READ MORE HERE
Teacher fired after call for ‘shooting’ anti-vaxxers
Bill in the news (Washington Times): Catholic League president Bill Donohue sends an open letter to the NEA about the social media posts of one of its board members. READ MORE HERE
Christmas culture war divides America more than ever
Catholic League in the news (Paris Beacon): The Catholic League weighs in on the war on Christmas. READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Slams Salvation Army’s Embrace of Critical Race Theory
Bill in the news (Breitbart) Catholic League president Bill Donohue blasts "the woke leadership of the Salvation Army for succumbing to 'left-wing politics' by embracing critical race theory." READ MORE HERE
The McWilliams Sex Abuse Scandal: Critics Say Cleveland Diocese Must Do More to Address Problems
Bill In The News (National Catholic Register): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League and author of The Truth About Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes, said that it does appear Father [...]
“THE WORLD OVER” WITH RAYMOND ARROYO
Bill Donohue discusses his new book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes, with Raymond Arroyo on "The World Over." To watch click here.
“Bill Martinez Live”
Bill Donohue discusses his new book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes, with Bill Martinez. It begins at approximately 32:20. To listen click here.
Pope’s Biden ‘Good Catholic’ Comment Sparks Outrage
Bill In The News (Newsmax): Catholic League president Bill Donohue calls "Biden a 'pathological liar.'" READ MORE HERE
EWTN’S “Catholic Connection”
EWTN Radio’s Teresa Tomeo interviews Bill Donohue about his soon to be released new book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes on the “Catholic Connection.” To listen click here.
Catholic League: ‘Vatican Stiffs Biden’
Bill In The News (Newsmax): Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on "Pope Francis and the Vatican...not allowing live press coverage of the pope’s meeting with President Joe Biden in Vatican City." READ MORE HERE
Annual Reports
Business / Workplace
January Clayboys, a Canadian business that specializes in homosexual greeting cards, produced one called, "Yoga. Anywhere. Anytime." The accompanying picture is of Jesus on the Cross with his feet in a yoga position; another card [...]
Cartoons
This cartoon by Owen Dunne (syndicated, 12-6-04) portrays the priest as having a sexually deviant motive for asking a young male basketball player to take off his shirt during the game. The implication is that [...]
Education
January 28 Dupo, IL—The Dupo School Board voted to reinstate Dupo High School student James Lord, who was suspended from the school's closed circuit broadcast television for signing off his December 17, 2003 broadcast by [...]
Government
February 18 New York, NY—U.S. District Court Judge Charles Sifton ruled against the plaintiffs in the discrimination suit challenging the New York City Department of Education's policy regarding "Holiday Displays." The policy allowed the Jewish [...]
Media
Books | Internet | Magazines | Movies | Music | Newspapers |Radio & Television BOOKS March 30 Glorious Appearing by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins was published. It is the twelfth and final installment of the "Left Behind" series of evangelical Christian thrillers begun in 1995. The [...]
Miscellaneous
January 4 New York, NY—Red paint was smeared on two stone pillars near the sanctuary in St. Patrick's Cathedral. January 4 Canton, MA—A statue of the Infant Jesus was stolen from a nativity scene outside [...]
“The Passion of the Christ”
The following is a list of some of the more incendiary remarks made about the Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of the Christ." We do not maintain that it is anti-Catholic to criticize a film, [...]
Executive Summary
In 2003, the Catholic League celebrated its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1973 by Jesuit scholar Father Virgil Blum, the league is dedicated to defending individual Catholics and the institutional Church against discrimination and defamation. That [...]
Activist Organizations
January On its webpage, the Feminist Majority lists under "Feminist News" news articles of interest to its members. For instance, at the end of January it drew attention to articles titled "Women Sue AT&T for [...]
The Arts
January Seattle, WA—An art exhibit at the Roq la Rue Gallery called "Gods and Monsters" featured a work called "Frankenkreist," which depicted Christ as Frankenstein's monster; and "Naughty Guadalupe," which depicted a topless Our Lady [...]
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NORTHWESTERN OFFERS ANTI-CHRISTIAN COURSE
The following letter explains why there is a problem at Northwestern. March 27, 2025 Dean Adrian Randolph Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences 1918 Sheridan Road Evanston, Illinois [...]
‘Hot Jesus’: Northwestern class is ‘anti-Christian bigotry,’ Catholic leader says
Bill in the News (The College Fix): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, criticized the course in a statement given to The Fix. He [...]
SATANISTS ARE SICK PUPPIES
Bill Donohue The Satanic Grotto is not a well-known Satanic group but it is making a media splash in Kansas. On March 28, it is scheduled to hold a “Black [...]
ACLU sues West Virginia for grant to Catholic trades college
Bill in the News (The College Fix): “In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that students who attended religious schools (in this instance they were [...]