Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the spate of articles on priestly celibacy: Reports in Ireland and Germany of decades-old cases of priestly sexual abuse have triggered an array of articles, surveys and talk-show discussions on the need for the Catholic Church to end the celibacy requirement. The implication, of course, is that more heterosexuals, and [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue replies to an article posted today on the website of Vanity Fair by contributing editor Michael Wolff (it is a slightly smaller piece than the one posted on Wolff's own website, newser.com): Wolff begins his column fair enough. "In an age when all religions must be treated by right-thinking people with [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by a high school student who sought to sue her school for banning the instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at her 2006 graduation. Therefore, the decision of the Ninth Circuit stands: the court agreed with school administrators that the song was obviously religious. Catholic League president Bill [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue seeks to set the record straight on the status of the Catholic Church's position on the health care bill: We are delighted that Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director of media relations for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued a news release yesterday clarifying the position of Catholics on [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a front-page article in today's New York Times on a sex abuse incident that took place in Germany 30 years ago: "For decades it was common practice in the church not to involve law enforcement in sexual abuse cases." Thus does the Times give the impression that outside the [...]
Yesterday, the Catholic League protested the blog site of the Orange County Register which showed the silhouette of a priest in a Q & A section on sexual abuse. Bill Donohue, the league's president, is pleased with the outcome: Thanks to our members who pounded the newspaper with e-mails, the president and publisher of the Orange [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today: Last year, when Nancy Pelosi went to see the pope, she was denied the opportunity to exploit him: photographers were not invited into the room for the typical photo session. Instead, Pope Benedict XVI reminded her of the duties expected of [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue defended the bishops as the true voice of the Catholic Church: Anyone seeking to know the position of a newspaper on any given issue would be well advised to consult the editorial page. Anyone seeking to know the position of a labor union on any given issue would be well advised [...]
On the blog site of yesterday's Orange County Register was a series of questions and answers on the subject of sexual abuse. At the top, under the headline question, "Think you can spot the sex offender in the crowd?", was a silhouette of a priest: faceless, the silhouette was clearly a male wearing a priest's collar [...]
On yesterday's episode of "The View," the panelists criticized the decision of a Colorado Catholic school not to enroll students of a lesbian couple. Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded today: When this story broke last week, I told the staff it was inevitable that the gals on "The View" would address it. Why? Because they [...]
