The anti-Christmas censors started early this year, both at home and abroad. Fortunately, they are off to a lousy start. City employees in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin were told not to put up Christmas decorations. They even banned the colors of red and green. But after a huge outcry and a threatened lawsuit, they backed down. Placerville, California [...]
Bill Donohue "Witness to War: World Trade Center Bombing." That was the title of the lead story in the October 2001 edition of Catalyst. I made a personal statement about what we witnessed that day: we saw the Twin Towers crumble before us. Once again, I am taking the occasion to address war, only this time [...]
On September 29, the Arizona Diamondbacks hosted a "Catholic Night" at Chase Field. This was the first of its kind in Arizona, or in any other baseball park. Last year, Catholics, and those from other faith communities, turned out in big numbers to attend the first "Faith and Family Night" game; another one was held in [...]
On September 12, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), ripped Americans who are in favor of school choice and parental rights, comparing them to segregationists. Even worse, she lashed out at Christians who support these initiatives. She made her remarks to Seth D. Harris, a senior fellow at the Burnes Center for [...]
Some bishops and lay people from six continents are assembling in Rome for the Synod on Synodality; the laity constitute 21 percent of the participants. It runs from October 4-28. The Synod is less an event than a process. Begun in October 2021 by Pope Francis, it started with listening sessions in local churches around the [...]
Three times over the summer Bill Donohue wrote to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, imploring him to demand that FBI Director Christopher Wray come clean with the real reason why the agency was investigating Catholics. For reasons still unexplained, it was revealed earlier in the year that the FBI's Richmond Field Office [...]
We made the FBI's probe of Catholics the lead story in this issue not only because it is an outrageous abuse of power, but because it signals something sinister about the way the top brass at the agency views Catholicism. When the latest chapter in this story broke on August 9, we checked on August 10 [...]
The least serious thing that happened to the Los Angeles Dodgers over "Pride Night" weekend, June 16-18, was to lose all three games to the San Francisco Giants; the Dodgers scored a total of 8 runs; the Giants scored 29. The worst thing that happened was being trashed by Catholics, tarring their reputation. In the five [...]
On June 30, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment rights of a Colorado woman, Lorie Smith, must be respected when it comes to forcing her to express beliefs that are contrary to her conscience. This was a great victory for free speech and freedom of religion. The Catholic League [...]
As we went to press, we learned that the Los Angeles Dodgers have reinvited the anti-Catholic homosexual drag group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, to an LGBT event. But this issue is not over. It was announced in mid-May that the "Sisters" were to be presented with a Community Hero Award at the "10th Annual LGBTQ+ [...]
