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At the height of the controversy over the Smithsonian exhibition, Bill Donohue was invited by the Washington Post to enter an online discussion with his critics. They posed the questions, and he chose which ones to answer. Below is a selection of the Q&A: Washington, D.C.: Mr. Donohue, I can’t begin to say how angry and [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: Several news stories today maintain that the Vatican lured and bid for Episcopalians to join the Roman Catholic Church. This is nonsense. The opening sentence in yesterday’s Vatican post on this subject said, “With the preparation of an Apostolic Constitution, the Catholic Church is responding to the many [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest examples of media duplicity: Trey Parker and Matt Stone recently did a satirical episode of "South Park" on Comedy Central depicting Moses, Jesus and Buddha; Muhammad was explicitly given a pass, and was instead dressed in a bear costume. That's because the boys at Comedy Central have [...]
Clark Hoyt, the public editor of the New York Times, had a piece in yesterday's newspaper that sought to defend the paper against Catholics unhappy with recent coverage of the pope. In particular, he defended Laurie Goodstein's story on Fr. Lawrence Murphy, the Wisconsin priest who molested deaf boys extending back to the 1950s. Hoyt writes, [...]
"Having Standard & Poor's downgrade the creditworthiness of the U.S., and warn the country about further downgrades, is a little like having the Catholic Church lecture Scout leaders on the proper behavior toward boys." The above quote was the first sentence in an article published online today at the curiouscapitalist blog by Bill Saporito, assistant [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the changes made by the Empire State Building in its application for lighting the towers: The current online application for lighting the towers of the Empire State Building says it has "a specific policy against lighting for religious figures, religious organizations, and additional religious holidays." This is another sleight of [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue takes on those who are blaming churches for five recent gay suicides: On his CNN show last night, Larry King opened a segment with Wanda Sykes, Kathy Griffin, Tim Gunn, Lance Bass and others on five recent suicides committed by young gay men. Throughout the hour, the guests blamed the suicides [...]
On November 30, following a complaint registered by the Catholic League, the Smithsonian Institution pulled a video showing ants crawling all over Jesus on the Cross. The ensuing uproar was worldwide: the artistic community exploded in anger at both the Smithsonian and the Catholic League. Forums were held in many American cities, as well as in [...]
