FBI SOURCES ON CATHOLIC CHURCH ARE FOUL
Bill Donohue This is the last of a three-part installment on the anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI. At issue is the FBI’s reliance on sources known to have an animus against Catholicism. In the [...]
REP. JORDAN ASKED TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE FBI
Bill Donohue The anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI is the subject of a letter Bill Donohue wrote to Rep. Jim Jordan today. He is Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. To read it, click [...]
ANTI-CATHOLIC CELL GROUP IN THE FBI
Bill Donohue On December 4, the House Report of the Committee on the Judiciary and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released its findings on the FBI’s probe of Catholics. How, and [...]
HOUSE REPORT ON FBI PROBE OF CATHOLICS IS ALARMING
Bill Donohue There is a hate group inside the FBI that needs to be purged. It is targeting practicing Catholics and is relying on the Southern Poverty Law Center, Salon and The Atlantic to dig [...]
MAKING BOGEYMEN OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
Bill Donohue The Left is very good at making up bogeymen, and one of their favorites is Christian nationalism. The latest iteration of this madness is an article in the Journal for the Scientific Study [...]
NYS WEIGHING EXTENSION OF VICTIMS’ BILL
Bill Donohue In 2022, New York State passed the Adult Survivors Act, allowing victims of sexual abuse who were 18 or older at the time of the alleged abuse a one-time opportunity to file a [...]
ASSOCIATED PRESS TRIES TO PAINT CHURCH AS RACIST
Bill Donohue As I pointed out in my book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes, the scandal in the Catholic Church mostly occurred between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s. [...]
DRAG SHOW COMING TO ALABAMA SMALL TOWN
Bill Donohue The Holly Jolly Drag Show will perform on December 8 at a local restaurant in Albertville, Alabama, outside of Huntsville. Jessica Turner’s catering business, Baked and Boozy, is hosting the event. Because it [...]
ILLINOIS ELITES KEEP BLACKS IN THEIR PLACE
Bill Donohue The most important factor in accounting for upward mobility is the structure of the family. Kids who come from two parent families generally do well. Those who come from one-parent families do not. [...]
SATANISTS AND TRANS ACTIVISTS DEFILE CHRISTMAS
Bill Donohue The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin is hosting a Festival of Trees representing 66 organizations. Only six of the trees are sponsored by Christian groups; the others are sponsored by various [...]
THE NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED
William A. Donohue Virtually everyone I know is sick and tired of the presidential debates, and it matters not a whit whether the person is a Republican or a Democrat. The general consensus is that [...]
CATHOLIC COMPLACENCY
About a year ago, I was asked by a staffer for Tom Monaghan (of Domino's Pizza fame) to speak at the 2016 Legatus conference. He was upset that Catholics are too complacent; he wanted me [...]
ABORTION KILLS, USUALLY
William A. Donohue Melissa Ohden should have died in 1977, but the abortion failed. On September 9, 2015, the founder of Abortion Survivors Network testified before the House Judiciary Committee to explain her story. I [...]
NO “SPOTLIGHT” ON HOLLYWOOD CHILD RAPE
William A. Donohue In the run-up to the November 6 debut of "Spotlight," movie reviewers hailed it as an eye-opening account of the sexual abuse scandal that occurred in the Boston Archdiocese. But Hollywood has [...]
PLAYBOY DECLARES VICTORY
William A. Donohue [Editor's note: This is a slightly longer version of an article that first appeared online at Newsmax.] If they want to keep their jobs, the girls at Playboy have to put their [...]
DISOBEYING THE LAW
William A. Donohue Is it ever right to disobey the law in a democracy? This question has been raised a lot lately, especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. [...]
POPE’S VISIT RIPE FOR PROPAGANDA
William A. Donohue Propaganda experts are already out in force and Pope Francis has yet to come to the U.S. Propaganda is the deliberate skewing of information done for the purpose of altering public opinion [...]
MOTHER ANGELICA’S GREATEST GIFT
William A. Donohue Mother Angelica built the most powerful Catholic media empire in American history, one so towering that it really has no rival anywhere in the world. The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is, [...]
WHO UNDERVALUES WOMEN?
William A. Donohue We hear it all the time: the Catholic Church discriminates against women. As compared to which institutions? The Congress? Women comprise 18 percent of its members. Fortune 500 companies? Women account for [...]
MARKETS AND MISSILES ARE NOT ENOUGH
William A. Donohue When I first arrived at The Heritage Foundation in 1987, I was greeted with great skepticism by many who worked there. The D.C. conservative think-tank had chosen me to be in the [...]
L.A. Dodgers Will Honor Drag Group Mocking Catholics: ‘Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence’
Bill in the News (Daily Wire): Catholic League President Bill Donohue called the group an “obscene anti-Catholic group” and said he is writing to Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred about the situation. READ [...]
The Elites’ “War on Virtue” with Bill Donohue – Plotlines
Bill Donohue discusses his new book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, on "Plotlines" with Connor McHugh. To watch click here.
“Federalist Radio Hour”
Bill in the News ("Federalist Radio Hour"): Bill discusses his new book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, with Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky on the "Federalist Radio Hour." [...]
“The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”
Bill Donohue talks about his new book War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream with Raymond Arroyo. To watch click here.
“Respect Life Radio”
Bill in the News ("Respect Life Radio"): Bill Donohue discusses his new book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, with Deacon Geoff Bennett on "Respect Life Radio." To listen [...]
Catholic Civil Rights Leader Requests Nashville Police Department Release Covenant Killer’s Manifesto
Bill in the News: (The Tennessee Star) “So where’s the manifesto?” Donohue asked. “Who’s holding it back? What’s driving this decision?” The leader of the Catholic civil rights organization cited a report Thursday that Representative [...]
Trump, DeSantis each head for New Hampshire
Bill in the News (Washington Times): A new book has arrived with a telling title: “War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class Is Killing the American Dream.” The author is Bill Donohue, president and CEO of [...]
“Vocal Point” with Jerry Newcombe
Bill in the News ("Vocal Point" with Jerry Newcombe): Founding father John Adams once said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any [...]
“The Right Take with Mark Tapson”
Bill in the News ("The Right Take with Mark Tapson"): In this episode of "The Right Take" Mark interviews returning guest Bill Donohue, about his new book War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is [...]
Church leaders mostly silent after teen who opposed transgender ideology suspended from Catholic school
Bill in the News ( Fox News Digital): "The Diocese of Pembroke says the school is not under its jurisdiction," Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told Fox News Digital. [...]
Special Reports
STAR-LEDGER’S WAR ON ARCHBISHOP MYERS
Bill Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights May 2013 On April 28, an editorial in the Newark Star-Ledger called on Newark Archbishop John J. Myers to resign. There should be a resignation, [...]
OBAMA’S WAR ON RELIGION
Bill Donohue In September 2012, Bill Donohue wrote a four-part series that was featured on Newsmax.com. The series focused on the war on religion that has been waged by the administration of President Barack Obama. [...]
Some Key Misunderstandings Regarding the Child Sexual Abuse Scandal and the Catholic Church
Some Key Misunderstandings Regarding the Child Sexual Abuse Scandal and the Catholic Church William O’Donohue, Ph.D. Olga Cirlugea, B.A. Lorraine Benuto, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Nevada, Reno We are clinical psychologists (the second [...]
STATEMENT TO THE DULUTH COMMUNITY: UNIV. OF MINNESOTA DULUTH HOLOCAUST EVENT
Dr. William A. Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights April 10, 2012 It has come to my attention that the University of Minnesota Duluth is hosting a series of events on the [...]
SNAP UNRAVELS
Bill Donohue President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights At the end of 2011, a Missouri judge ordered David Clohessy, the president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), to be [...]
ROLLING STONE GETS UGLY: VILE HIT ON PHILLY ARCHDIOCESE
Special Report by Bill Donohue The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church provides grist for the mill to those who harbor an animus against it, so a certain amount of cheap shots are to [...]
SNAP EXPOSED: UNMASKING THE SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS
Special Report by William Donohue August 22, 2011 The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) held a national conference in Washington, D.C., July 8-10. This report details what happened. Over the past decade, Catholics [...]
John Jay 2011 Study on Sexual Abuse: A Critical Analysis
Special Report by Bill Donohue May 24, 2011 Click here to read Bill Donohue's analysis of the 2011 John Jay Report on the "Causes and Context" of clergy sex abuse.
Response to CNN Documentary on the Pope
Special Report by William A. Donohue, Ph.D. September 28, 2010 The CNN documentary, "What the Pope Knew," which aired September 25, deserves a response. The program begins with music and graphics that set the tone: those [...]
Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
November 20, 2009 Preamble Christians are heirs of a 2,000-year tradition of proclaiming God’s word, seeking justice in our societies, resisting tyranny, and reaching out with compassion to the poor, oppressed and suffering. While fully [...]
Annual Reports
MISCELLANEOUS
January 7 New York, NY – At the New York Film Critics Circle Award, Michael Moore presented the Best First Film to David France for his documentary celebrating gay activism, "How to Survive a Plague." [...]
PREFACE
People often ask me what’s hopping at the Catholic League, and what issue we will be tackling next. After I bring them up to date, they’re usually perplexed to learn that I really don’t know [...]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Anti-Catholicism is as ugly as any other form of bigotry, though many do not agree. That is why some bigots are condemned while others are tolerated, if not commended. Generally speaking, it’s the elites who [...]
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
January – February Cranston, RI – The Cranston School Committee voted not to appeal a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux mandating the removal of a prayer mural from the wall of an [...]
THE ARTS
February 29 – March 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse featured a five-day run of Matthew Lombardo’s play, “High,” with Kathleen Turner starring as a recovering alcoholic, gutter-mouth nun. Convinced of his special claim [...]
BUSINESS/WORKPLACE
February 24 New York, NY – Rep. Michael Grimm requested that the Empire State Building shine red in honor of the elevation of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan to cardinal. Grimm’s request was denied by [...]
EDUCATION
January 21 – September 21 Nashville, TN – On January 21, Vanderbilt University administrators announced the new “nondiscrimination” policy that stipulated that religious student groups could no longer require their leaders to agree with the [...]
GOVERNMENT
January 11 Washington, D.C. – In a unanimous decision (Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that churches are entitled to make employment decisions without interference by the government. [...]
MEDIA
MEDIA RESPONSE TO VATICAN INQUIRY OF LCWR Once again, an internal matter of the Catholic Church became fodder for media voyeurs, pundits and talking heads when a number of dissident nuns became the subject of [...]
HHS MANDATE TARGETS CATHOLICS
This year, for the first time in American history, the federal government waged war on the First Amendment rights of Roman Catholics. When the healthcare bill was being considered, the Obama administration said it would [...]
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PROTESTERS EVICTED FROM ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
Bill Donohue A group of protesters invaded St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City Saturday night during the Easter Mass. Standing front and center, they unfurled a banner with a [...]
EASTER EGG ROLL CENSORS CHRISTIANITY
Bill Donohue Since 1878, American presidents have celebrated Easter by having an “egg roll” party on Easter Monday; it is held on the South Lawn of the White House. At [...]
NEW YORK WEIGHS NIXING ADULTERY LAW
Bill Donohue “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery.” The Sixth Commandment has been encoded in civil law throughout the world, and though it has proven to be unenforceable in most instances, [...]
VIOLENCE MARKS TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY DAY
Bill Donohue Transgender Day of Visibility is an international event that is held every year on March 31. This year it falls on Easter Sunday. Left-wing government officials, led by [...]
