Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the left-wing's reaction to a religious liberty task force Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces the creation of a Religious Liberty Task Force at the Department of Justice and left-wing activists explode. Nothing he said was incendiary or bigoted, but the remarks of his critics certainly were. The ACLU, which [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an AP story on nuns victimized by priests: They made it sound like a tidal wave. Radio news reports were all agog over angry nuns, inspired by the #MeToo movement, turning on abusive priests. As it turned out, there were just a few. The hysteria was the work of [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on public reaction to the relationship between Stormy Daniels and President Trump: Who cares about Stormy Daniels? The media care. Indeed, they are obsessed with the story. They are also angry: they are angry that the public doesn't care. Nor does the public care about the tapes that President Trump's [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a letter sent by the Pennsylvania Attorney General to Pope Francis: On July 25, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro sent a letter to Pope Francis that smacks of deceit. "A comprehensive investigation by the Office of Attorney General found widespread sexual abuse of children and a systemic coverup by [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's sponsors of "Full Frontal": Samantha Bee's July 25th show, "Full Frontal," lost a sponsor from last week's episode: Popeyes. Every week we choose one sponsor to lobby, asking the company to discontinue advertising on her show. On July 19th, I wrote to Alexandre Santoro, president of Popeyes [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest survey purporting to show public support for Roe v. Wade: An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released July 23 says that 71% of American voters believe that the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion should not be overturned. It follows a Gallup poll of July 12 [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on news stories about the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (previously referred to as Calcutta), India: Mother Teresa's order, the Missionaries of Charity, has come under fire for allegedly being involved in a baby selling racket in Kolkata. There is little doubt that four babies were sold by a lay [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article about gay priests and sexual abuse: Any honest observer of the priestly sexual abuse scandal knows that the lion's share of the molestation was committed by homosexuals, not pedophiles. Now an online Washington Post article by Robert Mickens acknowledges this verity. This is virtually breaking news: the [...]
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 turned 71. Fortunately, God gave me pretty good health and a whole lot of energy. When I took over in 1993, the league was [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's TBS show, "Full Frontal": After airing reruns for three consecutive weeks, "Full Frontal" returned last night with a new episode. No one will forget what Samantha Bee did on May 30 when she lashed out at the president's daughter, calling her the "c-word." And Catholics will never [...]
