Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a GQ magazine interview with Kanye West: Rapper Kanye West announced last October that he is a convert to Christianity. His album, "Jesus Is King," made it to the top of the charts and he is currently working on a follow-up. Now on the cover of the May edition [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a survey of LGBT rights and religious exemptions: A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) on LGBT rights finds encouraging news for allowing religious exemptions. Most Americans, 72%, are opposed to discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons in jobs, public accommodations, and housing. More [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by Trevor Noah on his Comedy Central show: There is a picture of Trevor Noah on the homepage of "The Daily Show" which shows him with a photo of the Easter Bunny on one side and the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the other. He looks like [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent threats to religious liberty: On March 27, I addressed the conflict between public health restrictions and religious liberty protections. "Whenever religious liberty collides with public health, the government is obliged to put the least restrictive measures on religion." On April 11, U.S. District Judge Justin Walker invoked a [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Easter meaning of coronavirus: "It is in the sense of deaths a bad week," said Dr. Anthony Fauci. "At the same time, as we're seeing an increase in deaths, we're seeing a rather dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalizations." It is more than apropos that the number [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on opposition to federal funding of religious groups affected by the coronavirus pandemic: The apostles of inclusion always draw the line when it comes to houses of worship and religious non-profits. They have done so again now that religious non-profits qualify for financial assistance from the Small Business Administration. This [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on critics of Cardinal George Pell: Most people are normal and desire justice. Abnormal people prize revenge. A case in point is the reaction to the release of Cardinal George Pell from an Australian prison. Normal people are happy with the news, but there are always the abnormal ones. Neither [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the release of Cardinal George Pell from prison: Cardinal George Pell's conviction on five counts of sexual abuse has been unanimously overturned by Australia's High Court. He was never guilty of these charges in the first place and is now a free man. The decision by the High Court [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the issue of prisons and coronavirus: On April 6, Pope Francis weighed in on how to handle crowded prisons during coronavirus. "Where there is overcrowding—many people there—there is a danger, in this pandemic, that it will end in a serious disaster. We pray for those responsible, for those who [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the growing tide of criticism directed at Rev. Franklin Graham's assistance to New Yorkers: Rev. Franklin Graham could have chosen to simply ask his people to pray for New Yorkers hit hard with coronavirus. But instead he recruited 72 doctors, nurses and other medical personnel from Samaritan's Purse, an [...]
