This cartoon by Owen Dunne (syndicated, 12-6-04) portrays the priest as having a sexually deviant motive for asking a young male basketball player to take off his shirt during the game. The implication is that priests are pedophiles. This cartoon by David Horsey (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4-27-04) unfairly suggests that the same Catholic Church that places sanctions [...]
January 28 Dupo, IL—The Dupo School Board voted to reinstate Dupo High School student James Lord, who was suspended from the school's closed circuit broadcast television for signing off his December 17, 2003 broadcast by saying, "Have a safe and happy holiday and God Bless." February 5 Kirtland, OH—Dr. James Tuttle, professor of moral philosophy at [...]
February 18 New York, NY—U.S. District Court Judge Charles Sifton ruled against the plaintiffs in the discrimination suit challenging the New York City Department of Education's policy regarding "Holiday Displays." The policy allowed the Jewish menorah and Islamic star and crescent while banning the Christian symbol, the nativity scene. The Catholic League arranged for the Thomas [...]
Books | Internet | Magazines | Movies | Music | Newspapers |Radio & Television BOOKS March 30 Glorious Appearing by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins was published. It is the twelfth and final installment of the "Left Behind" series of evangelical Christian thrillers begun in 1995. The United States Bishops' Department of Education called them "both subtly and overtly anti-Catholic" for their depiction of a future pope who [...]
January 4 New York, NY—Red paint was smeared on two stone pillars near the sanctuary in St. Patrick's Cathedral. January 4 Canton, MA—A statue of the Infant Jesus was stolen from a nativity scene outside of St. John the Evangelist Church. January 9 Burlington, CO—St. Catherine of Siena Church was set afire by arson, Stations of [...]
The following is a list of some of the more incendiary remarks made about the Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of the Christ." We do not maintain that it is anti-Catholic to criticize a film, even before it has been released, but we do contend that the hostility to Gibson and to his work is unseemly. [...]
In 2003, the Catholic League celebrated its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1973 by Jesuit scholar Father Virgil Blum, the league is dedicated to defending individual Catholics and the institutional Church against discrimination and defamation. That we spend much more time defending the Church against defamation than we do defending Catholic men and women against discrimination is [...]
January On its webpage, the Feminist Majority lists under "Feminist News" news articles of interest to its members. For instance, at the end of January it drew attention to articles titled "Women Sue AT&T for Contraceptive Coverage," "Title IX Commission To Meet on Final Recommendations: Women's Groups to Hold Rally," etc. It also drew attention to [...]
January Seattle, WA—An art exhibit at the Roq la Rue Gallery called "Gods and Monsters" featured a work called "Frankenkreist," which depicted Christ as Frankenstein's monster; and "Naughty Guadalupe," which depicted a topless Our Lady of Guadalupe. Shortly after the show started, a piece depicting the Koran with a Buddha carved in it was withdrawn for [...]
San Francisco, CA—Divine Interventions sells sex toys with a religious theme. On its website it offers sex toys that are in the shape of a crucifix, the Blessed Mother, baby Jesus, a nun, Judas, Moses and the Devil, as well as Buddha and the Grim Reaper. Product descriptions include: "Hail Mary! Virgin Mary, like most smart [...]
