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 [...]
Bill Donohue The following is an analysis of our survey of Catholics conducted for us by McLaughlin & Associates. They did a great job. Those who would like to see the raw data can access it on our website. I had a hand in framing several of the questions; I put my sociological training to good [...]
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, [...]
The Biden administration has already proven to be a radical advocate of abortion-on-demand and transgender rights. Worse, these policies almost always come at the expense of religious liberty. Its latest iteration is a proposed rule change from the Trump years that would threaten the rights of Catholic doctors and the autonomy of Catholic hospitals. The Department [...]
Commentator Joe Rogan has a big podcast following and he is known in some circles as an independent thinker. He crossed the line on his July 27 podcast about the Catholic Church, coming across more like your typical uneducated anti-Catholic buffoon. Referring to the Vatican, he said, "It's a country filled with pedophiles. It's a country [...]
Bill Donohue Over the past several decades, there have been many reports on alleged wrongdoings by members of the Catholic community. Unlike most Catholics, I have had the time to read a good number of them—it's part of my job—and I am fortunate enough to have the training as a sociologist to read them with a [...]
