Bill Donohue comments on Macy's treatment of a military veteran: Army Specialist Kayla Reyes had returned home after a year-long deployment in Afghanistan when she applied for a job at Macy's Fresno, Calif. store in 2014. Having also had past retail experience, she seemed an excellent candidate for employment. But Macy's hiring manager treated Reyes' military [...]
Bill Donohue comments on an anti-religious freedom bill in California: Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez is sounding the alarm about SB 1146, the bill we recently warned would gut the religious identity of faith-based colleges and universities in California. In a joint statement (click here) with Bishop Charles Blake of the 6 million member, worldwide Church of [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the Philadelphia District Attorney's ongoing vendetta against Monsignor William Lynn: For the third time, the Pennsylvania court system has tossed out the unjust conviction of Msgr. William Lynn over his handling of sexual abuse allegations against other priests. And for the third time, the Philadelphia District Attorney vows to pursue the discredited [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Macy's selective commitment to "diversity": Recently, we reported on Macy's firing of a Catholic employee for simply holding a religious belief that differed with Macy's policy of allowing crossdressing men to use the women's restroom (click here). Nor is this the first time that Macy's has discriminated against people of faith in [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Pope Francis' latest remarks condemning "gender ideology": Speaking with Polish bishops last week, Pope Francis pulled no punches in rejecting the notion that "everyone can choose their gender." "This is terrible," he said bluntly. "Today in schools they are teaching this to children—to children!" He said this is part of the "ideological [...]
Bill Donohue announces a new campaign: Anyone who has been following our work knows that Macy's engages in thought control (click here). This contempt for our most basic right—the right to believe what we choose—cannot go unanswered. Starting tomorrow, we will commence a new campaign against Macy's: over the next several weeks, we will roll out [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Naomi Schaefer Riley's blog post on today's Washington Post site: Naomi Schaefer Riley posits a "Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde thing" in which Catholic schools in North America, after a sordid history of "physical, sexual and emotional abuse" of Native American children, are now finally trying to do them some good. The piece is [...]
Unmasking Mother Teresa's Critics, Bill Donohue's latest book, will be coming out August 18. Published by Sophia Institute Press, it is timed for release just a few weeks before Mother Teresa is to be canonized on September 4. The book directly confronts those whose unfounded criticisms of Mother Teresa are sure to resurface in media accounts [...]
