TWO CHEERS FOR TRUMP’S FLAG BURNING STANCE
Bill Donohue This article recently appeared in The American Spectator. President Trump’s criticism of the 1989 Supreme Court decision, Texas v. Johnson, that legalized burning the American flag, is deserving of great respect, notwithstanding some [...]
SPINNING THE CATHOLIC KILLER’S BIO
Bill Donohue FBI Director Kash Patel got it right when he labeled the Minneapolis mass shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and an anti-Catholic hate crime. Did Robert Westman (who changed his name to [...]
NEW YORK TIMES RAPS CHURCH AND TRUMP ON SCIENCE
Bill Donohue New York Times reporter William J. Broad has a front-page story today depicting President Trump as anti-science, citing his affinity with the Catholic Church’s alleged anti-science pedigree. Last week, Trump fired the new [...]
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
Catholic League president Bill Donohue has asked President Trump to deal with the mass shooting of Catholic schoolchildren in Minneapolis by having the current Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty address its cultural roots, or by [...]
CATHOLIC KILLER FALSELY CLAIMED TO BE FEMALE
Bill Donohue Robert Westman is the man police have identified as the mass shooter in Minneapolis who murdered two children and injured many more. He falsely claimed to be a woman. To be blunt, there [...]
WHY MARRIAGE WORKS FOR WOMEN
Bill Donohue In 1928, sociologist W.I. Thomas maintained that “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.” It is true that perceptions, no matter how false, have real life consequences. This [...]
SNOOP DOGG BLASTS QUEER KIDDIE FLICK
Bill Donohue Snoop Dogg took his grandson to see a 2022 Disney animated movie, Lightyear, and was blown away by what he saw. His grandson wanted to know how one woman can have a baby [...]
JAMES DOBSON, R.I.P.
Bill Donohue Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died. He was a committed evangelical, a brilliant psychologist and an influential conservative activist. He also helped build good relations between Protestants and [...]
UNMASKING ZOHRAN MAMDANI
Catholic League president Bill Donohue has written a lengthy article unmasking New York City mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani. To read it click here.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REVISITED
Bill Donohue Many years ago I recall Daniel Patrick Moynihan saying that in the mid-1960s we had finally gotten to the point where equal opportunity was a reality for virtually all Americans. However, he said, [...]
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 [...]
THE POWER OF PRAYER
William A. Donohue The coronavirus pandemic led to thousands of deaths, overrun mortuaries, untold suffering, burnt-out hospital staff, economic hardship, and psychological distress. It also gave millions a time to renew their faith, or come [...]
ABORTION’S SATANIC TOUCH
Animals have no rights—they cannot be held morally responsible for their behavior—but they certainly deserve our respect. Indeed, those who abuse them should be punished: animal cruelty should never be tolerated. It should be axiomatic [...]
THE REAL WHITE-BLACK DIVIDE
What separates whites and blacks the most these days is not race or class, it's religion. But don't expect to hear this from commentators or scholars. That's because most of them are well-educated white people, [...]
MEDIA MAKE UP DIRT THEY CANNOT FIND
A recent NBC poll of Catholics who work for the Church found that 64 percent do not believe the media have been fair in their coverage of the clergy sexual abuse scandal. If you want [...]
GEORGETOWN’S PITIFUL CONFERENCE ON ABUSE
William A. Donohue In November, a report was released based on the proceedings of a Georgetown University event that took place in June. Titled, "National Convening on Lay Leadership for a Wounded Church and Divided [...]
JOURNALISTIC MALPRACTICE
William A. Donohue In early October, within a period of 24 hours, two prominent secular media outlets, and one prominent religious media outlet, ran stories on the Catholic Church that were classic examples of journalistic [...]
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 [...]
FAITH GROUPS BLAST KAMALA HARRIS FOR HER ‘ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGOTRY’
Bill in the News (Breitbart): For his part, Catholic League president Bill Donohue chronicled Harris’ unbroken string of actions targeting religious believers and Catholics in particular, especially regarding abortion and LGBTQI issues. Among her more [...]
Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Catholic League President Bill Donohue reacts to President Biden withdrawing from the race. To listen click here. (Bill's Segment Begins at 14:37)
Sponsor of campus antisemitism bill disputes free speech concerns
Bill in the News (The College Fix): Catholic League CEO Bill Donohue said the legislation has the “noble goal of seeking to combat anti-Semitism” but needs to be fixed by removing the current definition. “The [...]
Special Reports
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 [...]
SHINING THE LIGHT ON “SPOTLIGHT”
Bill Donohue The movie "Spotlight" is bound to spark more conversation about the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, much of what the American public knows about this issue is derived from the [...]
POPE FRANCIS QUOTES ON KEY ISSUES
Abortion "It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother's womb." "A pregnant woman isn't carrying a toothbrush in her belly, or a tumor…We are [...]
Annual Reports
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 [...]
MISCELLANEOUS
January 23 Vineland, NJ – Religious statues at two parishes, located two miles apart, were vandalized in the middle of the night. At Sacred Heart Church, the outstretched arms of baby Jesus were broken off, [...]
PREFACE
We had another roller-coaster ride in 2013, witnessing many impressive victories, and enduring some recalcitrant anti-Catholic offenders. As usual, we were forced to move quickly, jumping from one fire to another. But that's the fun [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The biggest Catholic story of 2013 was seeing Pope Benedict XVI pass the baton to Pope Francis. Our new pontiff wasted no time becoming a media superstar, and by the year's end, he was on [...]
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
January 2 – October 16 Jackson, OH – The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) demanded that an Ohio school district remove a depiction of Jesus Christ that hung in the "Hall of Honor" in Jackson [...]
THE ARTS
January 8 West Hollywood, CA – Artist Bronwyn Lundberg exploited Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" to promote celebrity lesbians. The depiction showed Ellen DeGeneres as Jesus and included Wanda Sykes and Rosie O'Donnell, among [...]
Most Shared Posts
KILLED BECAUSE HE WAS CHRISTIAN; CHARLIE KIRK’S TRAGIC DEATH
Charlie Kirk was assassinated because he was an outspoken Christian. This is undeniable. Yet the media continue to bury this fact. Of course he was a conservative Christian—those are the [...]
TRUMP TACKLES BIGOTRY
On September 8, President Trump addressed the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty, underscoring his commitment to combating anti-Christian bigotry. The task force he authorized to study this subject issued its [...]
TWO CHEERS FOR TRUMP’S FLAG BURNING STANCE
President Trump's criticism of the 1989 Supreme Court decision, Texas v. Johnson, that legalized burning the American flag, is deserving of great respect, notwithstanding some problems with it. Trump was [...]
JAMES DOBSON, R.I.P.
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died. He was a committed evangelical, a brilliant psychologist and an influential conservative activist. He also helped build good relations [...]
