Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote the following letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz asking for an investigation of a Department of Justice official who evinces an animus against religious liberty organizations: September 8, 2022 The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear [...]
Never before in American history has there been a president of the United States who has worked harder to oppose Catholic teachings on marriage, the family, abortion, school choice, conscience rights, and the wellbeing of children (e.g., transgenderism) than President Joe Biden. Now he has added to his legacy by appointing a man to a senior [...]
The moral state of America is in deep trouble. That's not an opinion—it's what the American people believe. In March, a Marist poll, conducted for Deseret News titled, "Faith in America," found that 72 percent of Americans think the nation's moral compass is pointed in the wrong direction. In June, a Gallup poll revealed that a [...]
On September 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a "stay" stopping a New York trial court from ordering Yeshiva University to approve a LGBT student group on campus; Yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish university that seeks to adhere to the Torah. This raises the question: How are Catholic colleges and universities dealing with the LGBT agenda? [...]
As soon as we learned of an anti-Catholic event at Tennessee Technological University, Bill Donohue wrote to the president, Philip Oldham (and to the dean of students, Dr. Katherine Williams), asking him to take a strong stand against this ugly episode. The letter was written late in the day and was scheduled to be sent the [...]
Over the past few years, beginning with the urban riots that took place in 2020, there was a rash of anti-Catholic crimes across the nation. Monuments were destroyed, iconic statues were bludgeoned, gravesites were desecrated, Masses were interrupted, graffiti was spray-painted on church walls, windows were smashed, churches were torched, schools were vandalized, chalices were stolen, [...]
Pope Francis was in Canada apologizing for Christians who cooperated with Canadian government officials in assimilating Indigenous persons into society. The most serious charge against them, as outlined on page 1 of the Introduction to the Report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, is that of "cultural genocide." "Cultural genocide" is defined as the [...]
There has been much recent discussion about the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. It found that 150,000 Indigenous children were taken from their homes and forced to attend schools that would assimilate them into the dominant culture. It was the Canadian government that made the decision to suppress the culture of Indigenous [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue sent the following letter to the FBI: July 12, 2022 Mr. Douglas Williams Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation New Orleans Field Office 2901 Leon C. Simon Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70126 Dear Special Agent Williams: As president of the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization, I am inquiring [...]
Over the past several years we have pushed back against the anti-Catholic ramblings of Comedy Central's Trevor Noah. We have contacted his bosses and his advertisers, alerting them to his foul and insulting attacks on the pope and priests. When we do, he typically cools his jets and avoids saying anything at all about Catholics. After [...]
