One day after the Catholic League asked its email subscribers to contact Sen. Dick Durbin to decline the "Lifetime Achievement Award" that he was scheduled to receive from the Archdiocese of Chicago, he did just that. The first person to raise a red flag over this issue was Thomas Paprocki, Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield. [...]
After many months of wrangling, the confessional seal remains intact in Washington state. State officials have given up their quest to force Catholic priests to divulge what they learn in the confessional. It took an array of organizations and specialists to exact this outcome. The Catholic League was the first lay Catholic group in the nation [...]
William A. Donohue When truth doesn't matter, all things are possible, including some very unseemly things. There was a front-page article in the September 25 edition of the New York Times that is as fascinating as it is disturbing. Well researched, it is the story of Amy Griffin, one of the richest women in the country. [...]
The Free Press enjoys a stellar reputation for accuracy. That is why we were shocked to read an incredible article by Laurie P. Cohen on the Catholic Church. It is one of the most intellectually dishonest pieces we've read on the subject. [Some of what Bill Donohue has to say can be found in his book, [...]
Pew Research Center's third Religious Landscape Study is rich with revelations; previously ones were conducted in 2007 and 2014. Its latest study, which reports on findings from 2023-2024, covers a wide range of subjects, broken down by religious affiliation. Seven-in-ten Americans belong to a religion, and all but seven percent are not Christians; three-in-ten are unaffiliated. [...]
The average person is concerned about the environment, and opposes policies that needlessly damage it. But the average person is not an alarmist. This is not true of many climate activists: some are downright dishonest, making claims that are indefensible. Worse, they are rank hypocrites. Recently, a district judge in Montana tossed a lawsuit brought by [...]
In a recent interview Hillary Clinton had with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, she bemoaned the current state of disunity in the country, blaming white conservative Christian men for ruining the nation. She accused them of trying to "turn the clock back" in an effort to "recreate a world that was never dominated, you know—let's say it—white [...]
The Catholic Church regards animals to be part of God's creation, and are therefore deserving of respect. But only men and women are made in the image and likeness of God. Moreover, animals do not share the same dignity as human beings. Nor are they capable of being held morally responsible for their behavior. As such, [...]
The following report on assisted suicide was written by Catholic League senior policy analyst Nicholas Palczewski (a longer version is available on our website; it includes data on other countries). Nationwide, support for doctor-assisted suicide is losing ground. Identical studies done in 2016 and 2025 by the Lifeway Research found that in 2016, 67% of Americans [...]
This Catholic League report details why the greatest child abuse scandal of our time—"transitioning" the sexual identity of minors—is so prevalent. It exists largely because of the policies adopted by elites in education and medicine. Elite Education Organizations Assoc. of Univ. Professors In 2022, the AAUP issued a statement saying "academic freedom cannot be understood to [...]
