With the November elections almost upon us, all signs show a very polarized electorate. There are many key issues at stake, both at the national level and in the states. Surveys show the Catholic community is just as split as the rest of the country. The Catholic vote is not hard to determine. Practicing Catholics, for [...]
In the last edition of Catalyst, we covered the controversial case of a professor under the gun for publishing an allegedly biased article; we also published Bill Donohue’s scathing indictment of the person who lodged the complaint. We are happy to report that there will be no investigation of Professor Mark Regnerus at the University of [...]
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK William A. Donohue On September 11, 2001, around 8:50 a.m., I looked out my 34th floor-window and saw a blazing hole near the top of one of the Twin Towers. I thought some jerk on drugs had flown a small plane into the building, so I quickly went back to typing. Then [...]
Bill Donohue In September, Bill Donohue wrote a four-part series that was featured on Newsmax.com. The series focused on the war on religion that has been waged by the administration of President Barack Obama. The series caught the attention of many in the media and is sure to be a topic of discussion in many quarters. [...]
In the September Catalyst, we ran a front-page story on a physician who was punished for blowing the whistle on child sexual abuse at the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Fortunately, Dr. Michael R. Tilus was quickly treated with justice following a Catholic League call for a congressional investigation. Nonetheless, we wanted to know [...]
In September, the Venice Film Festival awarded a special jury prize to the film “Paradise: Faith.” The film is part of a trilogy; Strand Releasing has acquired the U.S. rights and plans to release it early next year. One of the hallmarks of cultural charlatans is the propensity to insult Christians, especially Catholics, and then declare [...]
The second season of the FX show, “American Horror Story,” begins October 17; the subtitle of this season’s series is called “Asylum.” What this season is set to unleash could be some of the most vicious anti-Catholic fare we have ever seen. “American Horror Story: Asylum” is the work of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Murphy [...]
A judge recently found Kansas City-St. Joseph Bishop Robert Finn guilty in a case involving Father Shawn Ratigan. Though the media focused on the guilty verdict, we immediately dispelled the myths surrounding the case. Bishop Finn was not found guilty of a felony: he was found guilty of one misdemeanor, and innocent of another. The case [...]
Recently, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone was stopped at a DUI checkpoint and was arrested after it was determined that his blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit. He apologized. That wasn’t the end of the story, not because of what happened, but who it happened to. It just so happens that Cordileone holds orthodox Catholic positions [...]
In a recent interview with the National Catholic Register, Father Benedict Groeschel hypothesized how a young person (14, 16 or 18, as he put it) could conceivably take advantage of a priest who was having a nervous breakdown. He also referred to Jerry Sandusky, the disgraced Penn State football coach, as “this poor guy.” For these [...]
