Bill Donohue comments on why China has officially abandoned its one-child policy, and why little will change: Since 1979, most parts of China, and most married couples, have been subjected to a one-child policy, but now the Communist government is dropping it. Ironically, it is doing so for the same reason it adopted it in the [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the strong reaction to an article by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat: On October 18, the New York Times published a piece by Ross Douthat, "The Plot to Change Catholicism," that was critical of Pope Francis and his handling of the Synod of Bishops. On October 23, the Times printed several [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Nancy Pelosi invoking Pope Francis to defend funding for Planned Parenthood: Following Pope Francis' visit to the United States, it was predictable that politicians on both sides of the aisle would invoke his words when they could plausibly be interpreted as favoring or opposing certain policies. To cite the pope when advocating [...]
Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today's New York Times on the subject of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remark saying that Hitler got the idea of the "final solution" from Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem: "While it is a fact that Mr. Husseini met with Hitler in search of support," the [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the bigotry that marks the effort to legalize abortion in Ireland: On the front page of Amnesty International's website it says, "We campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all." It is a lie: Human beings not yet born, it argues, have no human rights. When the organization was [...]
Bill Donohue comments on an article written by Rabbi Arthur Waskow of The Shalom Center that appeared yesterday on the Huffington Post: Rabbi Waskow is no friend of the Catholic community, and now he is back with another screed, "The Pope, the Church, Rabbis, and Women." For starters, he is pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage. Fine. That's [...]
Bill Donohue comments on two reports released this week that describe religious persecution around the world: We know that people of every religion are being targeted for murder and plunder in many parts of the world, and that the Communist regimes in China and North Korea are hotbeds of Christian persecution. But nothing compares to what [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the exchange between President Barack Obama and author Marilynne Robinson that will be published in the November 5 edition of the New York Review of Books: The subject was Christianity. Here is a question that President Obama asked Robinson: "How do you reconcile the idea of faith being really important to you [...]
An article in today's New York Times quotes Playboy executives declaring victory in the culture war. Bill Donohue questions who the victors are and what they won. To read his Newsmax article, click here.
The following exchange occurred yesterday: Dear Mr. Donohue: You might have been busy with your news release of October 1 and did not have a chance to keep up with Laura Holson's coverage of the shooting in Oregon. She began filing from Oregon last Friday. So while our editors discussed your complaint when it was received, [...]
