New York Medical College, a Catholic institution located in Westchester, has decided to ban gay groups. It is being criticized by some public officials for doing so, including county executive Andrew J. Spano. Moreover, the Westchester Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation of this matter, and gay civil-rights groups are charging that the ban jeopardizes [...]
The following letter was sent today to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by Catholic League president William Donohue: Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Senate 476 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Clinton: Your remarks of January 24 on the subject of abortion are quite welcome. In particular, I welcome your quest for a “common [...]
The Coalition for Jewish Concerns has announced that it is going to sue the Vatican in an attempt to force the Holy See to open its archives relating to Jewish children sheltered by the Catholic Church during World War II. Catholic League president William Donohue gave his reply today: “In 1964, Dr. Leon Kubowitzky, an official [...]
The Mel Gibson film, “The Passion of the Christ,” was nominated today for three Oscars: cinematography, makeup and original score. Catholic League president William Donohue commented on this today: “When all the chatter began last spring regarding the possibility that ‘The Passion of the Christ’ would be nominated for best picture, it soon became evident that [...]
Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the way pro-abortion activists are seeking to hijack religion: “As we approach the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, it is evident that the pro-abortion camp is in disarray. For example, a New York Times/CBS poll released in November showed that only 34 percent of Americans believe abortion should be [...]
As President Bush begins his second term in office, he is coming under attack by Christian bashers. Catholic League president William Donohue addressed this issue today: “Most Americans appreciate and admire President George W. Bush for his strong religious convictions. But there are some activists and commentators who hate him precisely because he is so religious. [...]
Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the way some have reacted to the news over the weekend that Hitler had ordered the kidnapping of Pope Pius XII: “An Italian newspaper claims to have uncovered a 1946 document that says Pope Pius XII sought to block the return of Jewish children (who had been hidden [...]
On January 9, the New York Times ran a story about an article in an Italian newspaper that claimed to have uncovered a 1946 document that implicates Pope Pius XII in a scheme not to return baptized Jewish children (who were hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust) to their parents after the war. Since its publication, the [...]
Here is what Dan Rather said about Cardinal Law on December 9, 2002: “The Roman Catholic Church faces a long-running crisis of a different sort in Boston, where Cardinal Bernard Law is resisting calls for his resignation over his handling of the priestly sex abuse scandal. But there are new questions tonight about how much longer [...]
Last night, Fox News Network talk-show host Bill O’Reilly commented on the Catholic League’s past criticism of him for lambasting the pope. “And I said that the pope wasn’t proactive enough on the priest sex scandal in condemning it and taking action,” O’Reilly said, “and so I hate the pope, according to the guy from the [...]
