Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Catholic League's nativity scene on public property: Today, the Catholic League erected a life-size nativity scene in Central Park, on a piece of public property in front of the Plaza Hotel, between 58th and 59th Street on 5th Avenue. We received a permit from the New York City [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show: On last night's Jimmy Kimmel show on ABC, they did a skit about the nativity scene where they crossed the line. Referring to the Shroud of Turin, believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus, as "the shroud of urine," is needlessly offensive. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Tulsa priest who has been exonerated: On December 3, the Associated Press (AP) ran a story on a Tulsa priest who was allowed to return to work after an internal investigation found that an allegation of sexual abuse against him was unsubstantiated. Many of those media outlets and [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how religion haters are celebrating Christmas: Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United) was founded as an expressly anti-Catholic organization after World War II. Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is an atheist religion-hating organization that considers abortion to be a "blessing." Both are seeking to cash [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Nancy Pelosi's response to a reporter's question: As House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi was leaving her press conference today, reporter James Rosen asked her, "Do you hate the president, Madame Speaker?" Pelosi was livid. She spun around and, pointing at Rosen, said, "I was raised in a Catholic house. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of a new Pew Research Center survey on the faithful and their clergy: The clergy have great sway over the faithful on religious, family, and life issues, but much less so on matters that are outside their expertise. That is the central finding of the latest Pew [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the recent wave of lawsuits against the Catholic Church: Church-suing lawyers are celebrating the holidays with a boatload of new cases, all in the name of justice. In reality, more injustice than justice will be rendered. The steeple-chasers are jumping on the bandwagon effect of the Pennsylvania grand jury [...]
Next month, the American Civil Liberties Union will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Bill Donohue has written a Ph.D. dissertation on the ACLU as well as two books: The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union (with a preface by Aaron Wildavsky) and Twilight of Liberty: The Legacy of the ACLU. The former was published in 1985 [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a CNN story on the Catholic Church: In the more than 26 years I have spent at the Catholic League, never have I read a more irresponsible, and just plain dumb, report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church until I read the CNN Interactive report, "Pedophile Priests [...]
