In the May Catalyst, we ran a short piece citing William Donohue’s criticism of author Jason Berry. The article, "Put Up or Shut Up," took Berry to task for saying, "Theologians who question ancient church teachings on sexuality are routinely forced into silence." Donohue then publicly challenged Berry to identify who these people are. Berry got back [...]
Readers of Catalyst are aware that over the past few months we have protested the anti-Catholic play, "Corpus Christi." The Terrence McNally play, which opened Off-Broadway in New York in 1998 (and never made it to Broadway because it was so bad), was recently performed at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and is scheduled to be performed at Indiana [...]
We’ve been on a voucher see-saw for what seems like an eternity. As usual, the same two topics dominate the discussion: the undeniable success of private, especially parochial, education and the undeniable opposition that school choice still provokes. At about the same time that the U.S. Senate was voting down another school choice provision, the Catholic [...]
In a June 22 article on the Catholic League, Washington Times reporter Jennifer Harper asked William Donohue who were the most difficult people he has had to deal with during his eight years on the job. "The worst, the most clearly arrogant of the bunch are the artists and academics," Donohue said. Both segments of the population, he [...]
by Robert P. Lockwood (7/2001) When the Showtime premium cable channel planned to air a film version of the viciously anti-Catholic play "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You," the director of the production, Marshall Brickman, was asked to respond to the controversy. "Any institution that has backed the Inquisition, the Crusades and the Roman [...]
William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, issued the following statement today on the play, “Corpus Christi.” It will be performed on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in August. “The decision of IPFW to host the play, ‘Corpus Christi,’ is not an endorsement of the play itself. It [...]
On June 30, porn star Rebecca Lord, Howard Stern and Robin Quivers (Stern’s sidekick) slandered Catholic priests on the “Howard Stern Show” on E! Entertainment television. On July 2, Catholic League president William Donohue wrote a letter to Jeffrey C. Bible, the CEO of Philip Morris Companies, Inc. (Philip Morris owns Miller), requesting that Miller drop [...]
On July 14, a group of pro-abortion feminists, led by Frances Kissling of Catholics for a Free Choice, and Feminist Majority leader Eleanor Smeal, will hold a rally at the Vatican Mission in New York and the Vatican embassy in Washington, D.C. The demonstrators are protesting what they say is the Vatican’s lack of accountability in [...]
Last night’s episode of the TNT show, “Witchblade,” smeared Catholicism with an historically unfair portrayal of the role of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. The script dealt with a New York City Policewoman, Sara Pezzini, who exercises special powers given to her by the magical witchblade (an instrument originally possessed by the Vatican). In the [...]
In today’s edition of the Washington Post, it is alleged that there is an agreement between the White House and the Salvation Army that would protect charities like the Salvation Army from intrusive state and local laws in return for support for President Bush’s faith-based initiatives. Commenting on this development is Catholic League president William Donohue: “The [...]
