The Catholic League's annual nativity scene in New York City's Central Park was erected today in a spot just south of the Park: It is on 5th Avenue, between 58th and 59th Street, in front of the Plaza Hotel. Tourists are showing up in droves for pictures. We deliberately put it in this spot so that [...]
Click here to read Terry Jeffrey’s column from Townhall.com on Catholic schools vs. public schools.
Click here to read Star Parker’s syndicated column on how sonograms and ultrasound technology are changing the face of the abortion industry.
Bloomberg: Michael Kinsley, "Catholic Bishops Issue Hollow Plea for Sympathy" Bill's rejoinder: Mike, The fact that most of Americans are Christian hardly vetoes the idea that anti-Christian sentiment isn’t alive and well. Most of the people in South Africa during apartheid were black. Were they not oppressed? Numbers don’t count: what counts is the profile of [...]
By John Paul Wauk In the case of Penn State, the campus police and the Center County district attorney's office knew - for many years (the first accusation was in 1998) - about specific accusations of abuse against Sandusky. Nevertheless, they did nothing to prevent him from abusing other children. The entire janitorial staff of Penn [...]
There is a story in today’s New York Daily News on a window display at New York’s Museum of Sex. The street-level display shows skeletons engaging in a number of erotic positions. Bill Donohue told the paper, “There is an unintended irony here. Those who practice the promiscuous sex that the Museum advocates tend to die [...]
This Friday, October 21, the inspiring true-story “The Mighty Macs” opens in movie theaters nationwide. The movie is based on the improbable run by Immaculata College—a small, Catholic women’s college—at the first of three straight Women’s National Collegiate Basketball Championships. The Catholic League is happy to agree with the following endorsements of the film: “The Mighty [...]
Over the weekend, Michael Moore gave a talk at Georgetown University during which he implied that Jesus was gay: “You know those 12 men Jesus was always hanging out with? Mhm.” Bill Donohue replied to Moore's comments: "If Michael Moore had gone to an orthodox Catholic school and said something reverential, that would be big news. [...]
The following article by William McGurn can be found in today's Wall Street Journal: "Religion and the Cult of Tolerance" Earlier this summer, the chief rabbi for Great Britain warned about a new intolerance being imposed in the name of tolerance. "I share a real concern that the attempt to impose the current prevailing template of [...]
In a story in the sports section of the August 11 New York Times, it discusses how a public high school in Michigan has rearranged its football practice schedule to suit Muslim players during Ramadan; most of the student body is Muslim. Instead of practicing during the day, when Muslims are fasting, the workouts were shifted [...]
