Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the firing of the leader of American Atheists: The board of directors of American Atheists has fired its president, David Silverman. The decision was made the night of April 12. With the exception of one Internet site, there have been zero news stories on this development. The statement of [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the intolerance that marks many gay marriage proponents: Until yesterday morning, historically speaking, virtually every person in the world believed that marriage was a union between people of the opposite sex. This was true of both Western civilization and Eastern civilization. Moreover, beginning with Judaism, most world religions considered [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on media coverage of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks: In his testimony before Congressional committees, Mark Zuckerberg had to apologize for Facebook's pattern of blocking Catholic pages from being posted. As I pointed out yesterday, no one asked him about blocking anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim pages. Why? Because that just doesn't [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the testimony of Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committee on April 10 and the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11: Sen. Ted Cruz informed Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his company "has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages," [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way the media cover child sexual abuse: Media coverage of the sexual abuse of minors has long been biased against the Catholic Church. As virtually everyone knows by now, there is not a single institution in the nation where adults and minors interact on a regular basis that [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's episode of "Late Night with Seth Meyers": Seth Meyers and one of his genius writers, Jenny Hagel, did a number on the Catholic Church last night that showcased their ignorance. Here is the exchange: Meyers: "The Vatican recently refused to host an international women's day conference because [...]
University of Mississippi professor Ronald Rychlak, one of the world's foremost scholars of the Catholic Church's role during the Holocaust, was included in last night's episode of the CNN series on the papacy. He serves on the board of advisors of the Catholic League. He prepared the following assessment of the April 8th edition for the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new Gallup poll of Catholics: We knew that younger Catholics were going to church in fewer numbers than in the past, but what is new about this Gallup poll is the decline among older Catholics. Overall, only 39 percent of Catholics say they attend church weekly, and among [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest data on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared April to be STD Awareness Month. The latest data show that "STDs are at a record high." Chlamydia is the most common STD; there was a 5 percent increase between 2015 [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards: In her recently published memoir, outgoing Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards says that in January 2017 she and her husband met with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. She claims that Kushner floated the idea that if Planned Parenthood stopped providing abortions, federal [...]
