CHUBB INSURANCE VIOLATES ITS MISSION
Bill Donohue Chubb Insurance is the largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company in the world, valued at approximately $115 billion. “We stand behind the promises we make to conceive, craft and deliver exceptional [...]
MAMDANI’S COP-HATING “SAFETY” HIRE
Bill Donohue Alex Vitale and I have some things in common: we both have doctorates in sociology, have taught courses on criminology, and have written extensively on the subject. But that’s where the similarities end: [...]
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL ISOLATION
Bill Donohue The Institute for Family Studies recently published the results of a survey on “The Decline in Marriage and Childbearing Among Progressives.” It found that conservative men and women are more likely to view [...]
TWO FACES OF CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION
Bill Donohue As 2025 comes to a close, it is sad to note that Christians are being persecuted in many countries, the extent of which is deeply troubling. There are two faces to this crisis: [...]
NATIVITY SCENE ERECTED IN CENTRAL PARK
Bill Donohue Today, the Catholic League erected a life-size nativity scene in Central Park. It is located on 59th St. and 5th Avenue, at the Grand Army Plaza, across from the Plaza Hotel. We received [...]
PORTLAND IS IN A PICKLE OVER CHRISTMAS
Portland, Oregon is home to one of the most secular cities in the nation, so it is not surprising that it is also one of the most anti-Christian. This year it is having a hard [...]
“DRAG QUEEN” ATTACK ON CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA
Bill Donohue Next month we will celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Imagine having a Ku Klux Klan play being held in your home town a couple of days before? The script mocks, insults [...]
The Psychology of Hating Thanksgiving
Bill Donohue highly recommends this article by Stetson University Professor Christopher J. Ferguson, Ph.D. To read more by him, check out his Substack. It’s the season for Thanksgiving and we can look forward to some [...]
GERMAN BISHOPS SAY SEX IS NOT BINARY
Bill Donohue The German Bishops’ conference has issued a document to be implemented in Catholic schools that rejects the Church’s teachings on sexuality. Gone is the teaching that there are but two sexes, male and [...]
NEW PROBE OF WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN NEEDED
The Catholic League is urging two outspoken congressional critics of the FBI probe of Thomas Crooks to call for a new investigation into the attempt to assassinate President Trump. Bill Donohue explains why. To read [...]
CHRISTMAS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
William A. Donohue Almost all Americans (9 in 10) celebrate Christmas, and the majority (7 in 10) are Christian. So it should not be controversial to celebrate a holiday that is central to our country's [...]
POPE WELCOMES CATHOLIC DISSIDENTS
William A. Donohue On October 17, Pope Francis welcomed Catholic dissidents who have previously been condemned by U.S. cardinals and bishops. He met for almost an hour with Sister Jeannine Gramick, who, along with Fr. [...]
HATING #1
William A. Donohue The United States is the richest and most powerful nation on earth. New York City is largely regarded as the number-one international city. The New York Yankees have the most World Series [...]
SOCIAL CONSERVATISM IS REBOUNDING
William A. Donohue This article originally appeared in The American Spectator on July 3, 2023. It was just a matter of time. Decent Americans have had a radical race and LGBT agenda shoved in their [...]
30 YEARS AND COUNTING
William A. Donohue July 1 marked my 30th year as president and CEO of the Catholic League. Bernadette Brady-Egan, our vice president, celebrated her 28th anniversary on the same day. We've had a good run, [...]
50th ANNIVERSARY DINNER WAS A HIT
William A. Donohue On April 27, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Catholic League at the New York Athletic Club. In attendance was the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Peter Byrne, [...]
WHY I WROTE WAR ON VIRTUE
William A. Donohue War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream is a book I had to get off my chest. To be blunt, I am seething mad at the smug, [...]
CELEBRATING OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY
William A. Donohue Fr. Virgil Blum founded the Catholic League in April 1973. On April 27, we will celebrate our 50th anniversary. Fr. Blum was a Jesuit professor of political science at Marquette University, and [...]
WHEN DISHONESTY IS THE NORM
Being ethically inconsistent is a trait that is universal, no matter how hard we try to be consistent. Usually, it doesn't matter too much, and that is because our shortcomings are limited to a small [...]
ABORTION IN THE POST-ROE ERA
William A. Donohue No institution in American history has been more resolute in its opposition to abortion than the Catholic Church. Protestants and Jews were almost in lockstep praising Roe v. Wade in 1973, largely [...]
Catholic League responds to atheist display with new Christmas billboard
Bill in the News (Faith and Works Journal): Catholic League President Bill Donohue provided some insight into the motivation behind this bold statement. He explained that the billboard serves as a “direct refutation” of the [...]
Catholic League answers atheists’ Christmas grouchery with bold ‘Christmas gift’
Bill in the News (Blaze Media): The Catholic League has a 12'x50' billboard displayed in the vicinity of Madison — home to the FFRF's headquarters — on the beltway that reads, "ATHEISTS STRIKE OUT AT [...]
‘Blue Bloods’: The Most Catholic Network TV Series Bids Farewell
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): ...Bill Donohue of the Catholic Civil Rights League — usually in the umbrage-taking business — wrote in 2011, when the show was returned for a second season, that [...]
Donald Trump Can Thank Catholics for His Big Win
Bill in the News (National Catholic Register): Trump’s biggest laugh at the 2024 dinner came when he quipped that Harris couldn’t make it because she was in Michigan receiving communion from Catholic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer [...]
Catholic swing voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’
Bill in the News (Fox News): Bill Donohue, president of the religious civil rights group Catholic League, told Fox News Digital that Catholics resoundingly rejected Harris because of what he called a "clear animus against [...]
Seminary Rector Responds to ‘Conclave’ Movie: Why Only Men Can Be Priests
Mike in the News (National Catholic Register): Arriving on moviegoers’ screens this Friday, the new movie Conclave bills itself as a star-studded mystery-thriller centered on the selection of a new pope for the Catholic Church. [...]
Harris’ Catholic dinner snub is just the latest in career full of swipes at the faithful, critics charge
Bill in the News (Fox News): Catholic League President Bill Donohue told Fox News Digital on Monday that Harris’ snub of the Al Smith dinner sent "an unmistakable message to Catholics." The campaign previously told [...]
‘Jesus Is Lord’? A Tale of Two Rallies
Bill in the News (The Washington Stand): Roman Catholic commentators offered another explanation for her absence: “None of us like to go to a party where we feel out of place. This explains why Kamala [...]
“Pro America Report”
Bill in the News (Pro America Report): Bill Donohue discusses the Al Smith Dinner and what it means that VP Harris skipped it this year with Ed Martin. To listen, click here.
Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill Donohue talks with Teresa Tomeo about Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s non-apology for the anti-Catholic “Dorito” video. To Listen, click here. (Bill’s Segment Begins at 34:50)
Special Reports
MEDICAL PROFESSION BOWS TO TRANSGENDERISM: PARTS I & II
To read how medical journals and associations have adopted the politics of transgenderism, click here. To read Part I, click here.
Catholic League Campaign Against The Dodgers
To read the special report on the Catholic League's campaign against the LA Dodgers click here.
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
Bill Donohue (A timeline of anti-Catholic actions committed by these bigots) 1979: This was the beginning of the Sisters. In San Francisco’s Castro District three men dressed in traditional nun’s habit walked the streets. One [...]
Sexualizing Children in Schools
This report by the Catholic League shows beyond a doubt how morally corrupt many of our public schools have become. Perversely, it is not suitable to read by the very audience that is being targeted. [...]
SURVEY OF CATHOLICS IS MOSTLY PROMISING
Bill Donohue The Catholic League commissioned McLaughlin & Associates to do a national survey of Catholics. From September 3-12, they polled 800 Catholics in an online survey. What follows is an abbreviated analysis of what [...]
CHURCH VANDALISM
Over the past few years, beginning with the urban riots that took place in 2020, there was a rash of anti-Catholic crimes across the nation. Monuments were destroyed, iconic statues were bludgeoned, gravesites were desecrated, [...]
COLUMBUS BASHING IS UNWARRANTED
In recognition of Columbus Day, we are offering a three-part series on this subject. In the first part we will address the origins of the assault on Columbus. In the second part, we will offer [...]
TRANSGENDER REPORTS ARE STARTLING
Bill Donohue Now that the new school year is upon us, it is important for parents to understand how the sexual engineers in education are trying to program students into accepting gender ideology. To that [...]
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S POLICIES: DEPARTURES FROM CATHOLIC TEACHINGS
This is an ongoing documentation of President Biden's policies that clash with Catholic teachings. January 9, 2024—The Biden administration rescinded a 2019 Trump administration rule that provided conscience protections to doctors and health care providers [...]
REPORT SENT TO BISHOPS ON BIDEN’S POLICY DEPARTURES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Catholic League report: We have prepared a report, "President Biden's Policies: Departures from Catholic Teachings," that outlines many instances where his decision-making on important moral issues is [...]
Annual Reports
PREFACE
By any index, we had a very good year in 2015. That is largely due to our employees, and to our members who make it happen. We are fortunate to have a very competent staff. [...]
Executive Summary
The Catholic event of the year—at least for Americans—was also the Catholic League event of the year, namely, the pope's historic visit to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. Pope Francis electrified the nation, [...]
Activist Organizations
January In 2013, Rebecca Randles, an attorney who works with supreme Catholic-suing lawyer Jeffrey Anderson, sued Bill Donohue and the Catholic League for allegedly libeling a man who had made accusations against a priest in [...]
The Arts
March Grants Pass, OR – Jim Ingraham's picture was selected as the Caveman Camera Club's image of the month for March. Given the theme of "contradiction,'' Ingraham shot a photograph he titled "Bad Nun." The [...]
Charlie Hebdo Controversy
A week into the new year saw the horrible death of 12 people, most of whom worked at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo; a police officer was among the dead. The weekly publication is [...]
Education
February 9 Yulee, FL – A student at Yulee High School ended the school's morning announcement with "God Bless America." This caused the American Humanist Association to contact the school and the Nassau County School [...]
Government
February 3 Gresham, OR – The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found Aaron and Melissa Klein, who run a bakery, guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple [...]
Media
October 2 Roseburg, OR – Here is what Chris Harper-Mercer said to his victims just before he killed them at Umpqua Community College: "Are you Christian?" After they stood up he said, "Good, because you're [...]
Papal Visit
The most historic Catholic event of the year was Pope Francis' visit to the United States. While it occasioned much goodwill, and overall very fair media coverage, there were some notable exceptions. A selection will be [...]
The War on Christmas
The animus against Christmas manifests itself in a myriad of ways, and 2015 was no exception. The anti-Christmas bigots from the Freedom From Religion Foundation threatened a lawsuit against a small Minnesota town because it [...]
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Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his first days in office. To listen, click here.
NATIVITY SCENE TAMPERED WITH
Bill Donohue Last year before we erected our nativity scene in Central Park, I told the staff that this was the first time in 30 years that we have displayed [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
Michael P. McDonald, Director of Communications For the PDF version, click here. As the cultural pendulum swung back towards tradition, reason, and faith, the Catholic League made significant contributions to [...]
2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
The Catholic League’s 2025 Year in Review is now available. It contains an overview of some of our most important battles and victories over the last year. To read it, [...]
