Disney has seen better days. The latest financial data shows that these are bad times for the once family-friendly giant. In mid-May, it was reported that Disney+ subscriptions had taken a nose dive, plummeting by 4 million customers around the world. Its streaming business lost $659 million during the first three months of this year. It [...]
The Catholic League's documentary, "Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom," was an entry in the L.A. International Short Film Festival; the U.S. was one of 22 nations to offer nominations. We were nominated for six categories, and we learned on March 24 that we won in four of them—we even won the big one! We won the award for [...]
The FBI wants Catholics to rat on each other. In doing so, it has crossed the line. On April 11, Bill Donohue wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking him to make public those documents that are related to the FBI's outreach program to "mainline Catholic parishes" and "local diocesan leadership." They were targeted because of [...]
The Biden administration is threatening to excise the religious rights of students on campus installed by the Trump administration. Under Trump, colleges and universities were prohibited from restricting religious student group activities; if they did, their federal funding would end. Now the Biden administration is seeking to overturn this rule, allowing institutions of higher education to [...]
When "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker depicted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—making cartoon characters out of them—the celeb couple threatened to sue. This inspired the New York Post to interview Stone and Parker. The creators said their work has been the subject of "various lawsuits," adding that they have been criticized so many [...]
The January 23rd release of our Disney documentary, "Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom," has won the plaudits of Americans from every walk of life. It promises to be the cultural marker we expected it would be. In fact, it has been selected as an entry into several film festivals as the Best Short Film of the year. The [...]
On January 30, when President Biden was walking on the White House lawn, he was asked by a reporter about Catholic opposition to publicly funded abortions. "Catholic bishops are demanding that federal tax dollars not fund abortions." In an angry reply, Biden pointed his finger and said, "No, they are not all doing that, nor is [...]
Pope Benedict XVI was a towering intellectual, something he shared with his predecessor, St. John Paul II. His philosophical and theological writings will be studied for decades. But it was his courage that endeared him to so many Catholics. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he served St. John Paul II as enforcer of the Church's doctrinal teachings. [...]
The Catholic League movie "Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom" is set to open on several media platforms. Please check our website for information on where it can be accessed (when we went to print this matter was being fine-tuned). We will report in the March issue the kind of reception the documentary garnered, but the early indications suggest [...]
The Catholic League documentary on Disney was scheduled to be released by now but it has been delayed until early next year because of some timing issues associated with its distribution. It will be available on various streaming services. The trailer will be posted on our website in mid-December. Salem Media is slated to pick it [...]
