Bill Donohue has written an article for Newsmax on Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of the Gospel." In it, Donohue explores why the pope is neither liberal nor conservative, but simply Catholic. To read the article, click here.
Bill Donohue comments on the desire of the Obama administration to move the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See to the American Embassy in Italy: There are principled reasons why some might say that the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See should be moved, such as safety concerns and economic issues. But when these reasons are [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the November 22 edition of the HBO show, "Real Time with Bill Maher" (Time Warner is the parent company of HBO): The board of directors at Time Warner cannot distance themselves from Bill Maher any longer. On Friday night, Maher teed up Dan Savage, another anti-Catholic bigot. What happened was particularly vicious. [...]
Bill Donohue compares the reaction to Martin Bashir's comments about Sarah Palin to Bill Maher's comments about the pope and priests: MSNBC host Martin Bashir recently made an obscene comment about Sarah Palin that he has apologized for. The silence coming from MSNBC, however, is disturbing. At least Bashir apologized and is not likely to offend [...]
On November 19, NewsBusters ran a story on the MSNBC segment with Thomas Roberts on abortion. This occasioned Bill Donohue to write the following letter to MSNBC today: Ms. Kathy Kelly-Brown Senior Vice President, Communications NBCUniversal News Group MSNBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112 Dear Ms. Kelly-Brown: If MSNBC wants to invite someone from [...]
Bill Donohue comments on "Philomena," a movie that opens today: A half-century ago, an Irish woman gave birth to a son out-of-wedlock, and gave him up for adoption; he was born in an abbey, a venue that allowed the mother to avoid being stigmatized. There is nothing particularly startling about this, other than the fact that [...]
Bill Donohue comments on New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's transition committee: Yesterday, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced the appointment of 60 New York leaders to his transition committee. He instructed them to "identify women and men from every part of our city and walk of life" that wants a better New York. He lied. [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the November 20 edition of the "Dennis & Callahan Morning Show" radio program, simulcast on the New England Sports Network: The pope's compassion for a man severely disfigured by disease was lost on Boston sports talk show hosts John Dennis, Gerry Callahan, and Kirk Minihane. After Minihane remarked that the pope was [...]
Bill Donohue comments on a homily given yesterday by Pope Francis: It happened to the Jews, and it is happening to us, Pope Francis said. He was talking about what happens when a people become deracinated, when they lose their religious moorings. Citing the Book of Maccabees, the pope mentioned how the Jews tried to regain [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the November 15 episode of Bill Maher's HBO show: Maher can't perform without attacking Catholics. In his latest rant, he took after the pope, Sarah Palin, and Palin's daughter, Bristol. The skit was a series of mock tweets featuring the pope and Palin. Pope: "Listening to you, I'm reconsidering my stance on [...]
