Bill Donohue issued the following open letter on December 13 to Lorne Michaels, executive producer of Saturday Night Live December 13, 2021 Mr. Lorne Michaels Saturday Night Live 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Dear Mr. Michaels: On March 24, 1997, I wrote to you at the same address about an anti-Catholic skit on SNL; [...]
On December 14, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to ban imports from the Xinjiang region in China that utilizes slave labor. However, on December 15, the bill was blocked in the Senate by Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden; given Senate rules, his objection was sufficient to prevent the bill from moving forward. Then some Democrats pushed [...]
Why do organizations that have a very good family-friendly reputation find it necessary to offend Christians, especially during the Christmas season? As Bill Donohue recently detailed, the Salvation Army did so by adopting the racist ideas imbued in critical race theory. Now Costco has offended Christians by relegating Christmas to a second-class status. In the December [...]
After Pope Francis and President Biden met recently, President Biden said that the pope called him a "good Catholic" and that he should "keep receiving communion." The Vatican has not confirmed the veracity of Biden's account. Like everyone else, we at the Catholic League have no way of knowing whether Biden's remarks are accurate. But from [...]
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez is under attack by left-wing Catholics and outside activists for his stellar speech given in Spain on November 4th. They are particularly angered over his comments on contemporary social justice movements, which he properly labeled as "pseudo-religions." The petition portrays Gomez as being somehow indifferent to racial injustice. That is a [...]
Many Catholics were dismayed, if not furious, when they learned of news reports indicating that Pope Francis told President Biden on October 29 that he was "a good Catholic" and "should keep receiving Communion." The Vatican has neither confirmed nor denied this account. As we said when the news broke, we have good reasons to be [...]
In Dave Chappelle's Netflix special "The Closer" he says "Gender is a fact. Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact." Chappelle is twice wrong, but that should not distract us from what he meant. [What [...]
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who identifies as a Catholic, has yet to find an abortion he couldn't justify. That is why his bishop, Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, recently said he will be denied Holy Communion in his diocese. Durbin was incensed. He complained that "Other Catholics may share my point of view [on abortion]—statistics suggest [...]
The validity of a survey often turns on the precise wording of questions. Indeed, it is possible to construct two different sets of questions for the same respondents on the same subject and generate two different outcomes. For instance, if the goal is to show how tolerant liberals are of diversity in education, it makes sense [...]
The IRS has guidelines that tax-exempt organizations must follow regarding electoral politics. While those who work in the non-profit sector may address the issues, they are forbidden from endorsing candidates for public office. No matter, Vice President Kamala Harris showed her contempt for these norms during the run-up to the November elections. She had videotaped a [...]
