HOW THE MEDIA COVERED ST. PAT’S FIASCO
Bill Donohue We did a survey of the electronic and print media coverage of the recent defilement of St. Patrick’s Cathedral by trans activists (to read our initial reaction, click here). We found that most [...]
WAS LAKEWOOD CHURCH SHOOTER A TRANS PERSON?
Bill Donohue The shooter who was killed after crashing Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston on February 11 has been identified as Genesse Ivonne Moreno. She was a biological woman, but was she also a [...]
TRANS ACTIVISTS DEFILE ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
Bill Donohue At a funeral service on February 15 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, men dressed as women and women dressed as men turned out to honor Cecilia Gentili. Gentili is a [...]
FBI ASKED TO SETTLE CATHOLIC PROBE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray today about his apparent refusal to settle the agency’s investigation of mainline Catholics. February 15, 2024 The Honorable Christopher A. Wray Director Federal Bureau [...]
LENT’S COUNTERCULTURAL MESSAGE
Bill Donohue The Lenten message could not be more countercultural. In a society that prizes self-indulgence—we can’t have enough money, drugs and sex—it is difficult to understand, much less appreciate, what Lent stands for: penance, [...]
POLITICS AND RELIGION SCARE SECULARISTS
Bill Donohue We hear a lot about phobias these days. Islamophobia, transphobia, fat phobia, but no one seems to notice religiophobia. There is a reason for this: the trio of phobias mentioned are invoked by [...]
BIDEN’S IDEA OF AN “EXISTENTIAL THREAT”
Bill Donohue Millions of illegal aliens have stormed our borders, absorbing hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds, putting innocent children at risk, and some have become increasingly violent. It is no wonder that [...]
BIDEN FINDS AN EXECUTION HE LIKES
Bill Donohue When Joe Biden was running for president in 2020, he pledged that no one—no matter how heinous the crime—should ever be executed. Instead, the guilty should “serve life sentences without probation or parole.” [...]
THE UGLY POLITICS OF THE FACE ACT
Bill Donohue The grossest example of the unequal application of the law today rests with the Biden administration’s handling of offenses committed by pro-life protesters and abortion-rights protesters. The former have been aggressively pursued while [...]
GOV. ABBOTT MADE IMMIGRATION #1 ISSUE
Bill Donohue Whether one agrees with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus illegal aliens to sanctuary cities around the country or not, it is indisputable that he is responsible for making immigration the Number [...]
RETHINKING CARING AND COMPASSION
Susan Fani, the editor of Catalyst, recently told me that in her first week of law school she heard a lot of students talking about how important it was to be caring and compassionate, especially toward [...]
GREELEY AND MARTIN: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Andrew Greeley, the priest and sociologist turned novelist, and Malachi Martin, the ex-Jesuit and non-fiction writer turned novelist, have both written angry books that assail the Catholic Church. Greeley is angry that the Church hasn’t [...]
THE TAMING OF AN OREGON D.A.
I have been told by those who know him that Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad is actually a nice person. Maybe he is. Maybe he’s not even anti-Catholic. But he sure isn’t too bright. [...]
HUMOR AND BAD TASTE RECONSIDERED
There has always been humor and bad taste. Unfortunately, we not only have more bad taste than humor these days, we have a blurring of the lines between the two. To be exact, we have [...]
WHY I’M ANTI-LUNCH
I don't like lunch. I have no problem with lunch on weekends, but on weekdays, that is a different matter altogether. Here's why. The Catholic League, thank God, continues to grow by leaps and bounds. [...]
CONFRONTING THE SKEPTICS
The editor of a Pennsylvania newspaper recently called to protest my letter objecting to an anti-Catholic cartoon. Nothing noteworthy about that. But what is worth mentioning was his tone. He could not for the life [...]
THE MAKING OF A PRO-LIFE CONSCIENCE
When Nelli Gray asked me to be a speaker at the 1996 March for Life convention, I was delighted to accept. Nelli has been out in front of the abortion issue for years and has [...]
Our Members Make This A Special Christmas
I defy anyone to name a single organization that has more rabid members than the Catholic League. Indeed, one of the reasons why we don't rent our membership list to other organizations is because of [...]
Pope Protesters a Pathetic Lot
What a sorry bunch of creeps. That's the only way I can describe the way I feel about those who mounted their little protest against the Pope. Pope John Paul II is arguably the greatest [...]
Catholic Bashing, Elite Style
We get lots of calls left on our answering machine, most of which are run-of-the-mill-type messages. Some, however, are downright obscene. But whatever can be said of foul-mouthed bigots, the charge of cowardice or hypocrisy [...]
Beyond These Stone Walls in Thailand by Pornchai Moontri
Bill in the news (Beyond These Stone Walls): Bill Donohue gave me honorary membership in the Catholic League, and also wrote about me several times. READ MORE HERE...
Bill Donohue On Rumble
Bill In The News (Rumble): Catholic League president Bill Donohue discusses with Larry Jarvik the many challenges facing America and the Church. TO WATCH CLICK HERE.
Pope Francis renews restrictions on old Latin Mass, reversing Benedict XVI
Bill In The News (Washington Post): Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Pope Francis' decision regarding the Latin Mass. READ MORE HERE
Catholic League: ‘Progressives’ Are ‘the New Racists’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue argues "that the really dangerous racists in America are not white supremacists, but those who promote critical race theory." READ MORE HERE
Catholic League Declares SCOTUS Ruling ‘Huge Victory’ for Religious Liberty
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue praises "Thursday’s Supreme Court’s ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia, calling it a 'huge victory for religious liberty.'" READ MORE HERE
Poll: Majority Of Church-Going Catholics Believe Biden Should Not Receive Communion
The Catholic League In The News (The Federalist): The Catholic League issued a report that notes how Biden "aggressively promotes abortion, denies basic biology, supports hormone therapy and puberty blockers for minors, encourages same-sex marriage, [...]
Catholic League Denounces ‘Repugnant’ Duplicity of Gay Pride
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue observes "that America’s love affair with gay pride should acknowledge its origins in child abuse and bigotry." READ MORE HERE
Catholic Register: Biden’s Pro-Abortion Credentials ‘Established Beyond Any Dispute’
The Catholic League In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League has "released a report chronicling 32 times that President Biden has taken a public stand against core Church teachings during the less than five months he has [...]
Senator Jekyll and President Hyde
The Catholic League In The News (National Catholic Register): Catholic League has "released a list documenting 32 actions since January that have significantly departed from Church teachings." READ MORE HERE
Biden a ‘devout’ Catholic? Record says it ain’t so, Joe
The Catholic League in the News (One News Now): Catholic League communications director Mike McDonald states that Biden "wasted no time in violating his professed faith." READ MORE HERE
Annual Reports
Business / Workplace
San Francisco, CA—Divine Interventions sells sex toys with a religious theme. On its website it offers sex toys that are in the shape of a crucifix, the Blessed Mother, baby Jesus, a nun, Judas, Moses [...]
Cartoons
This cartoon by Pat Oliphant (syndicated, 2/22/03) equates the charge of pedophilia against Michael Jackson with abuse by priests. Besides accusing all priests of being molesters, it continued the false perception that the abuse crisis [...]
Education
January Westfield, MA—Students at Westfield High School who were suspended in December 2002 for distributing candy canes with messages attached filed suit in federal court claiming school administrators violated their constitutional rights to free speech [...]
Government
January Hightstown, NJ—Town Councilman Eugene Sarafin, known for his atheism and inflammatory remarks about religion, twice used obscene terms to describe his Catholic critics. He labels them "Catholic s---." After a complaint by the Catholic [...]
Media
Movies | Newspapers | Periodicals | Radio | Television |Internet | Books | Video Games MOVIES January 16 The Irish movie "Song for a Raggy Boy" made its United States premiere. Although billed sometimes as a true story, it is a fictionalized account of an Irishman who fights [...]
Miscellaneous
January 4 Philadelphia, PA—The 2003 New Year's Day Mummers Parade was to include a "parody" of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. To be performed by the Slick Duck Comic Brigade, it was [...]
“The Passion of the Christ”
The following is a list of some of the more incendiary remarks made in 2003 about the Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of the Christ." We do not maintain that it is anti-Catholic to criticize [...]
Executive Summary
Reactions to the sexual abuse scandal in 2002 ranged from legitimate criticism to wildly unfair generalizations; we have no interest in addressing the former. Most Catholics were understandably angry, hurt and dismayed by the news, [...]
Activist Organizations
February 5 Chicago, IL - Americans United for the Separation of Church and State executive director Barry Lynn objected to the slogan on the side of the new "Patriot USA" coach launched by the suburban Chicago [...]
The Arts
January Napa, CA - The exhibition "Active Ingredients" was held at Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts. One part of the exhibition shows the work of Antonio Miralda, a Catalonian artist. In a [...]
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