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 the Salk vaccine proved effective, [...]
POPE FRANCIS AND THE POOR
Bill Donohue Here’s a thought experiment. There are two teachers. One is known for his compassion for struggling students, but he is not a gifted teacher, and as a result his students do poorly in [...]
GERMAN BISHOPS DISPUTE THERE ARE TWO SEXES
Bill Donohue “In creating men ‘male and female,’ God gives man and woman an equal personal dignity.” That is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches. Pope Francis not only agreed with this fundamental [...]
Fr. MARTIN DISTORTS TRUTH ABOUT DISSIDENT NUN
Bill Donohue Fr. James Martin, the Jesuit champion of gay and transgender rights, has a column in today’s New York Times that is intellectually dishonest. I will be very specific. He cites the case of [...]
PASSING THE PAPAL BATON
Bill Donohue The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday caught many as a surprise, though not as a shock. He definitely rebounded from the time he was hospitalized, but he never regained his normal [...]
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SHOULD BE CENSURED
This letter explains why we want her censured. Contact Tom Rust, Staff Director House Ethics Committee: tom.rust@mail.house.gov April 21, 2025 Rep. Michael Guest Chairman House Ethics Committee 1015 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 [...]
POPE FRANCIS, R.I.P.
Bill Donohue Catholics around the globe are mourning the death of Pope Francis. He touched millions of the faithful, including non-Catholics and non-believers. When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio assumed the role of Pope Francis, his down-to-earth [...]
EASTER BRINGS SIGNS OF HOPE
Bill Donohue Mention the word Easter and what comes to mind is redemption. Ultimately, it’s all about salvation. After the darkness of Good Friday comes the light of Easter. It’s also a time of hope, [...]
COLUMBIA TARGETS CATHOLIC STUDENTS
Columbia has a problem with Jewish and Catholic students. April 16, 2025 Ms. Claire Shipman Acting President Columbia University Office of the President 202 Low Library, 535 W. 116 St., MC 4309 New York, New [...]
RELIGIOUS LEFT OKAYS ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
Bill Donohue The difference between left-wing religious groups and left-wing secularist groups is miniscule. Both are more worried about bias against midgets than Christians, and that is not an exaggeration. In fact, when left-wing religious [...]
PHONE MANIA
William A. Donohue Mohammad Anwar, 66, was recently driving his Uber Eats car in Washington, D.C. when two young black girls, 13 and 15, took out a stun gun and tased him. The carjackers took [...]
WE LOST TWO GREAT MEDIA VOICES
William A. Donohue Last December, I told staff members that I don't think Larry King or Rush Limbaugh will be with us much longer. From what I had been reading, their days were numbered. Regrettably, [...]
ASSAULTS ON CATHOLICS SPIKE
William A. Donohue In the December edition of "President's Desk," I wrote a piece titled, "Buckle Your Seat Belts—Again." I referenced a "President's Desk" essay I wrote in December 2008 wherein I noted that we [...]
THUGGERY IS CHIC
It is a myth to maintain that the First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to assemble. It does not. It guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to assemble." The adverb was penned [...]
BUCKLE YOUR SEAT BELTS—AGAIN
Here is a portion of how I began my "President's Desk" essay in the December 2008 edition of Catalyst. "We have been in the throes of a culture war for the past half-century, but never [...]
THE SELF-IDENTITY SCAM
William A. Donohue To prove his own existence, Descartes famously said, "I think, therefore I am." To prove their own identity, we now have people saying, "I identify as X, therefore I am X." In [...]
OUR ELITES HAVE FAILED US
William A. Donohue Where does all the hatred come from? Beginning in the spring, we have seen violent thugs take to the streets from Lancaster to Los Angeles. They have killed cops, murdered innocent bystanders, [...]
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER
William A. Donohue Over the summer, Raymond Arroyo interviewed me a couple of times on his EWTN show, "The World Over." On one occasion he asked me what I thought about Black Lives Matter. "There [...]
THE BANE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
William A. Donohue "Confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others." That dictionary definition of self-righteousness aptly describes the way so many people have behaved [...]
THE CRACKUP OF THE CHATTERING CLASS
William A. Donohue For almost four decades, I have given countless interviews to reporters and have appeared on thousands of television and radio shows. Most of the people I have met have been wonderful; others [...]
Catholic League President to Newsmax: Mockery of Christians at Olympics Intentional
Bill in the News (Newsmax): Catholics and other Christians were outraged after a parody tableau during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games used drag queens to portray Christ's Last Supper. Donohue said the incident [...]
Family Policy Matters
Bill in the News (Family Policy Matters): This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Bill Donohue, president of Catholic League and author of Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our [...]
The Drew Mariani Show
Bill in the News (The Drew Mariani Show): Bill discusses his new book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis, with Drew Mariani. Bill's segment begins at (28:53). To listen, click here.
Catholic League president reacts to push to nix tax-exempt status: We will not be deterred
Bill in the News (The Christian Post): The president of a prominent Catholic advocacy group is striking back at an atheist legal organization that has called for the IRS to remove its tax-exempt status. The [...]
Bill Donohue to Newsmax: Biblical, Secular Views Clash in Society
Bill in the News (Newsmax): Bill discusses his new book "Cultural Meltdown" on Newsmax TV's "America Right Now." To watch, click here.
“The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”
Bill Donohue addresses the controversy surrounding the opening ceremonies at the Olympics. To watch, click here.
A Catholic League White House Plea Set Pornchai Moontri Free
Bill in the News (Beyond These Stone Walls): January 2021: In the last days of President Trump’s first term in office, a petition by Catholic League President Bill Donohue led to Pornchai Moontri’s freedom. READ [...]
Catholic League President Bill Donohue Pens Letter to IOC Over Mockery of Christianity
Bill in the News (The Dom Giordano Program): Dom welcomes Catholic League President Bill Donohue back onto the Dom Giordano Program to discuss the vulgar and blasphemous opening ceremony performance at the Olympics in Paris, [...]
‘SHE FLUNKED’: Catholic League President Calls Kamala ‘DEI Hire’
Bill in the News (TrendingPolitics): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, came out on Thursday and stated that he believes the only reason Vice President Kamala Harris got the Democratic Party presidential nomination in [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE: KAMALA HARRIS WAS CLEARLY A ‘DEI HIRE’
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Catholic League president Bill Donohue pointed out Thursday that Kamala Harris got the nod as President Joe Biden’s VP because she was a black woman, which is the very definition [...]
Special Reports
REFUTACIÓN DEL INFORME DEL GRAN JURADO DE PENNSYLVANIA
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. Presidente Liga Católica para los Derechos Civiles y Religiosos 16 de agosto de 2018 A diferencia de la mayoría de los comentaristas y reporteros, he leído la mayor parte del informe del [...]
PENNSYLVANIA GRAND JURY REPORT DEBUNKED
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights August 16, 2018 Unlike most commentators and reporters, I have read most of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The purpose of this statement is [...]
The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse
To read Bill Donohue's analysis of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church that appeared in an international social science journal, click here.
NYS CHILD VICTIMS ACT IS FLAWED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains the flaws in the Child Victims Act, a measure included in this year's budget by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It is being widely distributed to lawmakers, bishops, and [...]
PRESS CONFERENCE ON “JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an anti-Christian play that previews on January 23: On January 23, "Jerry Springer: The Opera," a New Group production, will preview at the Pershing Square Signature Center, an [...]
SEXUAL DEVIANTS AND ENABLERS – PARTS I & II
PART I MEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WHO HAVE A RECORD OF ANTI-CATHOLIC OFFENSES ENTERTAINMENT: Ben Affleck—After speaking out against Weinstein, the Oscar winner became the subject of his own sex assault narrative [...]
THE WAR AGAINST CARDINAL PELL
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights July 20, 2017 Meet the Accusers Cardinal George Pell's appearance before a Melbourne court on July 26 will be watched carefully all over the [...]
SNAP IMPLODES
Bill Donohue The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has been sued before, and while it has been hurt by those filings, the latest one suggests the end is near. It can't come [...]
BBC, CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SEXUAL ABUSE
Bill Donohue has written an in-depth analysis of sexual abuse at the BBC, and the BBC’s coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. He explains the similarities and dissimilarities, focusing on why the scandals [...]
When the Pope Tried to Kill Hitler
Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling Basic Books, New York, 2015 375 pages, $29.99. Ronald J. Rychlak Pope Pius XII and the Nazis: far too many writers have wandered [...]
Annual Reports
PREFACE
Everyone at the Catholic League plays an important role in the service we provide, although the jobs vary considerably. But the person most responsible for assembling the data and writing the entries is John Mulvey, [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It is a sign of great progress that the Catholic League spends relatively little time defending Catholics from defamation or discrimination. It is not a good sign that we are busier than ever combating anti-Catholicism [...]
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
January 14 Searcy, AR – Police Chief Jeremy Clark refused to remove a small white cross that sits outside his private entrance to the police station, despite being pressured to do so by the Freedom [...]
THE ARTS
May 15 New York, NY – Sotheby's auctioned the Andres Serrano masterpiece "Piss Christ." The taxpayers were forced to fund this "art" in 1987 to the tune of $15,000; it was supported by the National [...]
BUSINESS/WORKPLACE
April 20 Seattle, WA – A local restaurant, Lunch Laboratory, created an advertising campaign that showed Jesus smoking marijuana and eating a cheeseburger. The advertisement read, "Buy One Burger of the Gods & Get the [...]
EDUCATION
March 10 Oviedo, FL – A 5-year-old kindergarten student was told that she was not allowed to pray during lunch at Carillon Elementary School. According to the girl's account, a lunch teacher approached her as [...]
GOVERNMENT
January 16 – September 26 The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child released a report on how the Vatican has responded to the sexual abuse of minors by priests. The 15-page report [...]
MEDIA
February The Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song was revoked from the film "Alone Yet Not Alone." The film and the song of the same title had a strong evangelical Christian theme, and the [...]
WAR ON THE BISHOPS
The following is an excerpt of a Special Report by Bill Donohue, originally published in the September edition of Catalyst. The Catholic Church has many enemies these days, some of whom are ex-Catholics who left [...]
WAR ON CHRISTMAS
The annual "War on Christmas" continued in 2014 with both sides having achieved roughly the same number of wins and losses. This is certainly an improvement over the days when the anti-Christmas side appeared to [...]
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WRAY AND GARLAND NEED TO ANSWER TO CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue The new batch of documents on the Biden FBI Catholic spy ring makes it clear that those responsible for this obscene gambit need to be held accountable. The [...]
BIDEN’S FBI LIED ABOUT SPYING ON CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue We have known for years about an anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI that was operative under President Biden. It spied on practicing Catholics, not just those who [...]
CORPORATE RETREAT FROM PRIDE PARADES
Michael P. McDonald In the last several years, we have grown accustomed to every major corporation spewing rainbows to mark the beginning of June as the corporate elites fell over [...]
POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88; LEGACY WAS MIXED
This is the article that appeared in the May 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our [...]