This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on February 10, 2016. In 1972, Pauline Kael, film critic for the New Yorker, famously said after the presidential election, "I can't believe Nixon won. I don't know anyone who voted for him." Following the New Hampshire primary, former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu said, "By [...]
Bill Donohue The publisher of Charlie Hebdo, Stephane Charbonnier, was among the 12 people killed in Paris on January 7 last year. The New York Times described him as a "staunch left-wing activist, raised in a family of communists." He was also an unrelenting bigot. Charb, as he was known, did not deserve to be shot, [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on December 10, 2015. Religious expression in the schools is a perennial issue, but at no time in the school calendar is it more controversial than at Christmas. This year is no exception. Just recently, the University of Tennessee sought to ban Christmas celebrations, but thanks [...]
Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling Basic Books, New York, 2015 375 pages, $29.99. Ronald J. Rychlak Pope Pius XII and the Nazis: far too many writers have wandered into this fascinating subject without bringing anything new to the table. Many of the late pope’s critics have simply repeated information [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on November 6, 2015. In the run-up to the November 6 debut of "Spotlight," movie reviewers hailed it as an eye-opening account of the sexual abuse scandal that occurred in the Boston Archdiocese. But Hollywood has no interest in turning its cameras on itself, which is [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on October 13, 2015. If they want to keep their jobs, the girls at Playboy have to put their clothes back on (or at least their pants). As reported in the Oct. 13 edition of The New York Times, that is the considered judgment of the [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on September 28, 2015. What do Ann Coulter and the Westboro Baptist Church have in common? Both are obscene anti-Catholics. Indeed, they are the worst of Pope Francis' vile critics to emerge during his visit to the United States. Coulter tweeted last week that the Catholic [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on July 29, 2015. On July 27, Robert M. Gates, president of the Boy Scouts of America, announced that the National Executive Board ratified a resolution ending the ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees. He admitted that the new policy was necessitated by "social, [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by Newsmax on June 3, 2015. Only a cruel person would wish Bruce Jenner ill will now that he has morphed into Caitlyn Jenner. Hopefully, he is now at peace with himself. Assuming he is, what are the chances he will stay that way? Regrettably, they are not [...]
This article by Bill Donohue was originally published by the Asbury Park Press on May 21, 2015. The most important thing that can be done to revitalize the Catholic Church is to study what has worked and then clone it nationwide. To be explicit, in terms of getting more priests and nuns, the models we need to [...]
