UNDERVALUING THE ROLE OF CULTURE
Bill Donohue The role of government, the economy, and social institutions have an enormous impact on our daily lives. Most of us understand the role that lawmakers, business leaders, and the family play in determining [...]
DEFUNDING THE CULTURE WAR
Bill Donohue The ongoing culture war between those who adhere to Judeo-Christian principles on one side, and militant secularists on the other, is increasingly taking on a political dimension. While there has long been funding [...]
RICHARD DAWKINS BASHED FOR TRANS REMARKS
Bill Donohue Hemant Mehta is an atheist activist who is not too happy with Richard Dawkins, one of the most prominent atheists in the world. He is angered that his fellow God denier insists that [...]
THE ALARMING ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH
Bill Donohue Survey data reveal that the most intolerant people in America are unquestionably young liberals. Why this is so needs to be probed, but first the data. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression [...]
DO DEMOCRATS HAVE A PENCHANT FOR VIOLENCE?
Bill Donohue There are extremists in both the Republican and Democrat parties, and some support violence to achieve their goals; this is true even among some self-described independents. But the enthusiasm for violence is clearly [...]
LIONIZING SINEAD IS UNWARRANTED
Bill Donohue Sinead O’Connor is being lionized for her “bravery” in ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992. Her fans are commending her for calling attention to [...]
SINEAD O’CONNOR DEAD AT 56
Bill Donohue Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has passed way at age 56. In her better years, O’Connor sold millions of record albums, winning a Grammy for her work. She became an overnight sensation in 1992 [...]
FBI REPLIES TO JORDAN—MORE ANSWERS NEEDED
Bill Donohue We sent the following letter to Rep. Jim Jordan today (we urge you to contact his communications director, Russell Dye: russell.dye@mail.house.gov). July 26, 2023 Hon. Jim Jordan Chairman Committee on the Judiciary 2056 [...]
ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGOTS ATTACK LEONARD LEO
Bill Donohue Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the Federalist Society, and the man most responsible for shepherding through President Trump’s appointments to the federal bench, including three Supreme Court Justices, is being attacked by anti-Catholic bigots [...]
TIME TO REIN IN FBI OVER CATHOLIC PROBES
Bill Donohue We sent the following letter to Rep. Jim Jordan today (we urge you to contact his communications director, Russell Dye: russell.dye@mail.house.gov). July 24, 2023 Hon. Jim Jordan 2056 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, [...]
Catholic League Warns ‘State Overreach’ in Pandemic Threatens Religious Liberty
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue declared Monday that recent bans on religious activities to curb the spread of the coronavirus constitute “state overreach” that directly threatens religious freedom. “Whenever religious [...]
Catholic group slams de Blasio for questioning Christian charity’s New York coronavirus field hospital
Bill In The News (Fox News): A conservative group on Friday accused New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of being anti-Christian after he questioned whether the 68-bed field hospital set up in Central Park [...]
Catholic League: New York Times Is ‘Mainstreaming Paranoia’ Against Christians
Bill In The News (Breitbart): The New York Times is “mainstreaming paranoia” by blaming evangelical Christians for the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic League President Bill Donohue said on Friday. The Times is playing a “cheap game,” [...]
Catholic group calls for Tlaib to be reprimanded after sharing ‘filthy’ National Day of Prayer message
Bill In The News (Washington Examiner): Rep. Rashida Tlaib is facing blowback from a Catholic group after sharing a profane tweet about the National Day of Prayer. The president of the Catholic League For Religious [...]
Catholic League Calls for Reprimand of Rashida Tlaib for ‘Obscene Assault’
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has appealed to the House Ethics Committee to reprimand Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her “obscene assault on people of faith.” “As president of the largest [...]
Catholic League Slams Ayanna Pressley: Sounds Like ‘the Klan’
Bill In the News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue has blasted pro-abortion Democrats for their “hysterical reaction” to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing of a pivotal abortion-rights case. The high court heard 60 minutes of oral [...]
Pew Survey: The Democrat Party Has a Serious God Problem
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Americans do not consider the leading contenders for the Democrat presidential nomination to be very religious, reveals a new survey from the Pew Research Center. Pew found that nearly a [...]
Gallup: Democrats Much Less Satisfied with Their ‘Personal Life’ than Republicans
Bill In The News (Breitbart): Democrats are among the demographic groups with the lowest personal satisfaction in their life, while Republicans are among the most satisfied, a Gallup poll revealed Thursday. In his analysis of the [...]
Catholic group calls Seth Meyers ‘sick’ after church attack joke
Bill In The News (Owen Sound Sun Times): Seth Meyers has incurred the wrath of the leading officials at the Catholic League after joking about a bizarre attack at a Brooklyn church. The joke enraged [...]
In our opinion: Eliminating clergy-penitent privilege raises First Amendment red flags
Bill In The News (Deseret News): This week the Catholic League came out strongly against proposed legislation in Utah aiming to eliminate an exemption for clergy when it comes to reporting confidential confessions detailing abuse. As others have [...]
Annual Reports
Government
February 7 South Dakota – Douglas High School’s performance of the notoriously anti-Catholic play, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, was nominated for a state-sponsored award, and selected for entry into the State One-Act Play Festival, [...]
Media
MOVIES Winter The movie "Touch" told the story of a man who was a Christ-like figure for the 1990s. He is capable of performing miracles, but is uninterested in spreading the gospel. He enjoys spending [...]
Miscellaneous
January A wrestling tag team, known as the "Flying Nuns," disbanded after the league protested their mocking of Catholicism. The team, part of the World Wrestling Federation, performed as "Sister Angelica" and "Mother Smucker," complete [...]
Executive Summary
There are any number of activist organizations that, for one reason or another, find cause to bash the Catholic Church. Catholics for a Free Choice—which is neither Catholic nor an organization—comes immediately to mind (we [...]
Activist Organizations
1996 South Euclid, OH - Tru-Lite Publications advertised a booklet over Prodigy condemning Catholicism. February Oklahoma City, OK - In discussing his participation in the Interfaith Alliance of Central Oklahoma, former State Rep. Harley Venters commented to the Oklahoma Gazette that [...]
Arts
1996 Michael McConnell’s artwork appeared in the Gallery. One of his best known paintings is "Celibate Sacrifice"; it features a ghostly skeleton dressed as the pope walking on top of masses of people who appear to [...]
Cartoons 1996
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Commercial Establishments
1996 In a catalog of its books, Barnes & Noble featured a long description of a book called The Love Affairs of the Vatican. Calling the book "controversial," it read: "He [the author] also reveals that [...]
Government
February The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Army violated the First Amendment by denying couples who provided day care in their homes the right to engage in religious activity as part [...]
Criminal Behavior
1996 President Clinton's veto of the legislation banning Partial-Birth Abortion.
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BUTTIGIEG FLEES WORLD OF THEY/THEM/THEIRS
Bill Donohue Pete Buttigieg, the former Secretary of Transportation, is known in LGBTQ circles as the self-described “Pronoun Warrior.” But now the homosexual politician has removed the “He/Him” pronouns from [...]
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ADVISES CHURCH ON SCANDAL
Bill Donohue In violation of a court order, someone leaked some 300 email exchanges between the New Orleans Saints and the Archdiocese of New Orleans that show how the football [...]
VANCE IS RIGHT ABOUT CHRISTIAN LOVE
Bill Donohue J.D. Vance makes a commonsensical comment about a Christian notion of love and immediately he is subjected to condemnation. Here is what he said that has “progressives” so [...]
THE POLITICS OF THE “NAZI SALUTE”
Bill Donohue At an Inaugural rally on January 20, Elon Musk raised his hand in a celebratory moment to salute the crowd. He was instantly accused of making the “Nazi [...]