COMPASSION IS NOT NECESSARILY VIRTUOUS
Bill Donohue In our therapeutic world, where feelings too often dominate reason, it is almost sinful to question the merits of compassion. But to have real-life meaning, we need to know the object of compassion [...]
CBS SIDES WITH THE BISHOPS
Bill Donohue CBS, quite like the other broadcast networks, is not known for taking the side of the U.S. bishops. But now that Donald Trump is president, things are changing. On the January 26 edition [...]
BIDEN TEED IT UP FOR PRO-LIFE PARDONS
Bill Donohue President Trump deserves great credit for pardoning 23 pro-life protesters who were arrested under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Kudos are also deserving for the Thomas More Society and [...]
MONTANA DEMS ATTACK CONFESSIONAL
Bill Donohue Seven Democratic Senators from Montana have introduced a bill that would eliminate the religious exemption from a mandatory reporting law for members of the clergy. To read Bill Donohue’s letter to Montana lawmakers, [...]
OPEN LETTER TO DC BISHOP WHO LECTURED TRUMP
Contact her at: mebudde@edow.org January 22, 2025 Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Episcopal Church House Mount St. Alban Washington, D.C. 20016 Dear Bishop Budde: At the January 21 prayer service at Washington National Cathedral that featured [...]
POPE’S IDEA OF POOR MIGRANTS IS FLAWED
Bill Donohue On the eve of the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Pope Francis called him a “disgrace” for pledging to deport illegal aliens. The pope said that doing so “makes poor wretches, who have [...]
CORPORATIONS ASKED TO DROP DEI POLICIES
Bill Donohue American culture is going through one of its periodic changes. One good change is the decision of corporations to drop their DEI policies. They are divisive and ineffective. Worse, they create a hostile [...]
TWO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS JOIN OUR BOARD OF ADVISORS
Bill Donohue Political Scientist Paul G. Kengor and Anthropologist Steven W. Mosher have joined the Catholic League’s board of advisors, making our distinguished list even more distinguished. Both write extensively on Communism. Kengor teaches at [...]
HEGSETH’S CHRISTIAN TATTOO IS MERITORIOUS
Bill Donohue At the confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, who was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be Secretary of Defense, he was badgered by some Democrats for his Christian chest tattoo. In doing so, [...]
DEMONIZING CHRISTIAN TRUMP SUPPORTERS
Bill Donohue As Donald Trump is about to take command, the hard-core Left is warning America that his Christian supporters are about to take over the country, destroying our basic freedoms. CNN reporter John Blake [...]
WHY I WROTE COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM
William A. Donohue When I was in the Air Force, in the late 1960s, I became interested in politics. It was a turbulent time, and this was certainly true of California, where I was stationed. [...]
THE PERILS OF SENTIMENTALISM
Bill Donohue To be sentimental about certain things in life is not only normal, it is admirable. But sentimentalism is different. One of the definitions found in The Free Dictionary defines it as "excessive indulgence [...]
STANDING FAST FOR PRIESTS’ RIGHTS
William A. Donohue The average detainee in Guantanamo Bay has more rights than the average accused priest in America does today. Those who doubt this to be true can begin by naming all of the [...]
BISHOPS BEWARE OF SOME LAY CATHOLICS
The week before the U.S. bishops convened in Baltimore, I wrote an article warning the bishops to be careful when listening to the laity for advice. Some are responsible, I said, and some are an [...]
LIES MARKED KAVANAUGH HEARING
William A. Donohue When I debated Christopher Hitchens, I told the famed atheist that if he wants to take on Mother Teresa, then he had better have the evidence. My axiom is simple: the more [...]
FIDELITY AND COURAGE NEEDED NOW
"Fidelity, fidelity, fidelity." That was Father Richard John Neuhaus' answer to the clergy sexual abuse crisis that exploded in 2002. It still is a great tonic, but it is incomplete: courage is also needed. Priests [...]
ATHEIST ACTIVISTS EMBRACE SEXUAL LIBERTINISM
William A. Donohue At first glance, there doesn't appear to be a relationship between the views of atheist leaders and sexuality, but upon closer inspection, there clearly is. In so many cases, the hatred of [...]
25 YEARS AND COUNTING
William A. Donohue July 1st marked my 25th anniversary as president and CEO of the Catholic League. It's been a great run, and I am not about to pack it in. On July 18, I [...]
MARX’S BLOODY LEGACY
William A. Donohue May 5th marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. He is being celebrated by those who are horrified by Hitler, which makes their opposition to genocide phony. What Marx [...]
DOLORES GRIER—CHAMPION OF THE UNBORN
William A. Donohue On February 22, we lost a good one. Dolores Grier was one of the most committed Catholics I ever met, and one of the nation's strongest defenders of the rights of the [...]
Jesuit Father James Martin: Church Would Be ‘Immeasurably Poorer’ Without Gay Priests
Bill in the News (Breitbart): When the news broke, the Vatican was swift to offer an apology, insisting that the pope “never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms,” while notably not denying [...]
Catholic Connection
Bill in the News (Catholic Connection): Bill discusses the recent attack on Catholic NFL football player, Harrison Butker, with Teresa Tomeo. To listen, click here. (Bill begins at 16:15 minute mark)
Epoch Times
Bill in the News (Epoch Times): To watch Bill Donohue's 5/19/24 appearance on Epoch Times TV, click here.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE: WAR ON HARRISON BUTKER ‘DRIVEN BY ANTI-CATHOLICISM’
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Donohue points out that the notoriously bigoted Associated Press (AP), for instance, unleashed a string of red flags about Benedictine College being “part of a constellation of conservative Catholic colleges [...]
Pro America Report
In the News: (Pro America Report): Bill Donohue discusses his upcoming book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis, with Ed Martin on "Pro America Report." To listen click, here.
KLZ 560 AM’s “Rush to Reason”
Bill in the News (KLZ 560 AM’s “Rush to Reason”): Bill Donohue discusses his upcoming book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis, on KLZ 560 AM's "Rush to Reason." To listen click, [...]
Majority of Americans Disapprove of Disney’s LGBT Agenda
Bill in the News (Washington Stand): Last year, the Catholic League and Meath Television Media released a documentary entitled “Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom,” exposing what Catholic League President Bill Donohue called the company’s program of “sexual [...]
Catholic League: Pro-Hamas Protesters Are Like ‘Cowardly’ Ku Klux Klan
Bill in the News (Breitbart): Catholic League President Bill Donohue ridiculed the “cowardly” pro-Hamas demonstrators on America’s university campuses for their spineless approach to revolutionary protest. Instead of willingness to die for their cause, the [...]
Inspector general report shows FBI’s ‘totally irresponsible’ behavior, Catholic League says
Bill In the News (Christian Post): In a Wednesday letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights President Bill Donohue reacted to the [...]
“Wiggins America”
Bill in the News ("Wiggins America"): Bill Donohue discusses his upcoming book, Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis on "Wiggins America." To listen, click here.
Special Reports
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 [...]
MEDIA GUIDE TO PHONY CATHOLIC GROUPS
To read how these 15 dissident organizations are falsely marketing themselves as truly Catholic entities, click here.
The Noble Legacy of Fr. Serra
To read Bill Donohue's booklet, "The Noble Legacy of Fr. Serra," click here.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE SURVEY OF CATHOLICS
Bill Donohue Editor's note: Survey research is an area of study pioneered by sociologists. This explains why Bill Donohue made recommendations and crafted some of the questions. He has a Ph.D. in sociology from New [...]
Bill Maher’s History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2024
Bill Maher's History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2024 CATHOLIC LEAGUE For Religious and Civil Rights April 12, 2024, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” [HBO] Maher justified the killing of innocent children through abortion. During his show, Maher [...]
DISSIDENTS TARGET BISHOP DEWANE
Dissident lay Catholics in Southwest Florida, along with some priests, have declared war on Bishop Frank Dewane. He is the Bishop of Venice and is by all accounts a loyal son of the Church. Which [...]
THE QUEST TO SCALP A BISHOP
This is a special report which was originally published in the September 2014 issue of Catalyst. The Catholic Church has many enemies these days, some of whom are ex-Catholics who left the Church a long [...]
FR. MACRAE’S 20 YEARS IN PRISON
Next week marks the 20th anniversary of Father Gordon MacRae's unjust prison sentence. What happened to him is unbelievable. My account of his ordeal was posted today on his website, www.thesestonewalls.com. To read it, click [...]
IRELAND’S “MASS GRAVE” HYSTERIA
To read Bill Donohue’s special report exposing Ireland's (Tuam) "mass grave" hoax, click here.
Annual Reports
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 [...]
PAPAL TRANSFER
To see the ad, "LEAD US, HOLY FATHER," that appeared on the op-ed page of the April 15, 2013 edition of the New York Times, click here. Attacks on the pope are a staple of anti-Catholicism. [...]
EDUCATION
January 22 Troy, AL – A professor at Troy University unveiled his artwork exploiting the Virgin Mary to make a political statement about HB 56, a 2011 anti-illegal immigration law. The Virgin Mary was depicted [...]
GOVERNMENT
January 23 – March 23 Denver, CO – On January 23, Colorado's State Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a civil unions bill. In 2006, the people of Colorado said no to gay marriage. In [...]
MEDIA
The following entries are examples of media duplicity or deception. February 13 – 15 ABC News ran a story about a Catholic official from Purcell Marian High School who was fired for rejecting Catholic teachings [...]
BILL MAHER’S HATE SPEECH
No one has been more obscene, and more relentless, in attacking the pope, cardinals, bishops, and priests than Bill Maher; he does so every week on HBO. Twenty times this year alone Maher used his [...]
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KUDOS TO SEN. HAWLEY
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“CONCLAVE” FLOPPED
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DEMS WEDDED TO TRANSGENDER AGENDA
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CELEBRATING ABORTIONISTS IS SICK
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