NASHVILLE REPORT ON MASS SHOOTER SHOWS BIAS
Michael P. McDonald On March 27, 2023, Audrey Hale, a woman who falsely claimed to be a man, attacked the Covenant Presbyterian Church and School in Nashville killing six innocent people, three of whom were [...]
COLORADO’S SICK WAR ON PARENTAL RIGHTS
Bill Donohue It is hard to know what is sicker—a Colorado bill that would gut parental rights or the basis upon which it rests. The bill would punish parents who do not align themselves with [...]
FAILED ATTEMPT TO MALIGN OPUS DEI
Bill Donohue This is an abbreviated version of a longer article, “Why The Need To Bash Opus Dei?”, that appears in the April edition of “Catalyst,” our monthly journal that is available to members. Opus [...]
McCARRICK’S DEATH DOESN’T RESOLVE EVERYTHING
Bill Donohue Theodore McCarrick died April 3 at the age of 94. The defrocked cardinal was known for decades as one of the most influential prelates in America. He was also a masterful fundraiser and [...]
THE STATE OF RELIGION IN AMERICA
Bill Donohue Pew Research Center recently released its third Religious Landscape Study; previously ones were conducted in 2007 and 2014. Its latest study, which reports on findings from 2023-2024, covers a wide range of subjects, [...]
Vatican Bans Publishing Lists of ‘Credibly’ Accused Priests
Fr. MacRae ties a lot of loose ends together to offer a magnificent piece on what has happened to the rights of priests. April 2, 2025 by Fr Gordon MacRae and William A. Donohue, PhD [...]
AMICUS BRIEF FILED ON BEHALF OF PRIESTS
Bill Donohue The Catholic League has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of New Jersey defending the rights of priests. We are represented by the Pittsburgh office of Leech Tishman; our attorney is [...]
UNDERSIDE OF TRANS VISIBILITY DAY
Bill Donohue March 31 is Trans Visibility Day, a day when trans people seek greater recognition. There is an underside, however, to this day, one that brings to mind the increasing intolerance exhibited by trans [...]
THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUBJECTIVISM
Bill Donohue I have decided to address a story that is developing in Anytown USA. The venue is a local gym for adult men and women. Reporter: Why are teenage boys allowed to compete in [...]
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 60208 Dear Dean Randolph: It [...]
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 [...]
WHY WE DID THE DISNEY MOVIE
William A. Donohue When I was in the 7th grade, I was asked by one of my nun teachers who was the person I most admired. I said Walt Disney. When asked why, I simply [...]
INTOLERANCE FOR FREE SPEECH IS SPIKING
William A. Donohue There have always been extremists on the right and the left who are completely intolerant, and while both sides need to be condemned, the real danger comes more from the left. Not [...]
ELITES DEFEND CHILD MOLESTATION
William A. Donohue While doing the research for my book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse, I came to the conclusion that many of the Church's harshest critics were phonies. They didn't care a lick [...]
BEWARE OF REPORTS ON CATHOLIC WRONGDOINGS
Bill Donohue Over the past several decades, there have been many reports on alleged wrongdoings by members of the Catholic community. Unlike most Catholics, I have had the time to read a good number of [...]
COLLAPSE OF A COMMON CULTURE
In the May issue of Catalyst, I wrote how elites in our society are bent on dividing us. This month I want to look at technology's contribution to polarization. Not to be misunderstood, I am [...]
CLARIFYING OUR ROLE
William A. Donohue Following the debacle with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, I found it necessary to write a statement that would clarify what we do. There are some conservative Catholics, and others, who think we [...]
ELITES CELEBRATE WHAT DIVIDES US
Pluralism is a good thing, just so long as it is not pushed to extremes, because when it is, it becomes a separatist threat to cultural cohesion. Unfortunately, we live in a time when our [...]
“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)
Gretchen Whitmer Accused of Mocking Billions of Christians with Pro-Kamala ‘Communion’
Bill in the News (The Western Journal): “Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insulted Catholics nationwide when she intentionally ridiculed the Eucharist in a video,” Bill Donohue wrote on the website of the Catholic League. “There is [...]
Catholic League Slams Whitmer, Accuses Her of ‘Vintage Anti-Catholic Bigotry’ After Video
Bill in the News (The Independant Journal Review): And when a video was posted on Thursday of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) feeding a podcaster a Dorito in the style one receives the Eucharist, the [...]
Whitmer accused of ‘anti-Catholic bigotry’ after chip video
Bill in the News (Washington Examiner): Another group, the Catholic League, called the video “anti-Catholic bigotry.” “What Whitmer did was to deride Holy Communion,” Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said in a statement. [...]
Catholic League Rips Gov. Whitmer for Mocking Eucharist
Bill in the News (Newsmax): The Catholic League said Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer committed political suicide by mocking the Eucharist in a video on Instagram. In the video, Whitmer, wearing a Harris-Walz camo hat, places [...]
Catholic League blasts Whitmer for mocking Eucharist
Bill in the News (The Hill): The Catholic League criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Friday for posting a video showing her feeding a Dorito to a podcaster, with the group accusing her of [...]
Kamala Harris Has a Catholic Problem
Bill in the News (Beyond These Stone Walls): Beyond These Stone Walls has had an ever-increasing presence in the work of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. In the July/August, 2024, issue of [...]
A God Shift Podcast
Bill in the News (A God Shift Podcast): Bill Donohue discusses his new book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis, on "A God Shift Podcast" with Shayna Rattler. To listen, click here.
Catholic League: Kamala Harris Is ‘Smart’ to Skip the Al Smith Dinner
Bill in the News (Breitbart): “Trump is pro-life, pro-school choice and pro-religious liberty,” Donohue writes, while Harris is “anti-life, anti-school choice and anti-religious liberty.” Harris supports abortion-on-demand, never favoring a single restriction on what she [...]
Special Reports
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 [...]
Religious Persecution in China
To read our report on human rights violations in China, click here.
Religious Liberty Actions Taken By Trump Administration
The Catholic League has tallied nearly 50 instances where President Donald Trump has embraced or advanced religious liberty. To read the full report, click here.
THE ACLU AT 100
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by Roger Baldwin on January 20, 1920. The ACLU scheduled a Centennial Gala for March 31, 2020, but had to cancel it because of Covid restrictions. Catholic League [...]
Annual Reports
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 [...]
Miscellaneous
January 21 San Gabriel, CA – A surveillance video showed a man walking through the cemetery of the San Gabriel Mission methodically destroying statues and gravestones with religious imagery. Two statues of Jesus were knocked [...]
Most Shared Posts
“The Conor Gallagher Show”
Conor Gallagher, CEO of TAN Books (Saint Benedict Press), recently interviewed Bill Donohue at their headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was a wide-ranging and thought-provoking conversation about the legacy [...]
DAVID HOROWITZ, R.I.P.
Bill Donohue David Horowitz, the former radical turned conservative, died April 29 after battling cancer. He was 86. He was a good friend, a brilliant speaker and writer, and a [...]
MAHER MOCKS EUCHARIST
Michael P. McDonald While most people treated the news of the passing of Pope Francis with somberness and dignity, notorious Catholic-basher Bill Maher could not keep himself from making crude [...]
MISSION CREEP IN LEFT-WING ORGANIZATIONS
Bill Donohue What happens when an organization achieves its goal? It either folds or it develops a new one. The March of Dimes was founded to cure polio, and when [...]