Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the politics of abortion: The birth control pill became commercially available in 1960, and in 1973 abortion was legalized. Those on the left who have been pushing for a libertine culture have won the PR battle on contraception (most Americans are okay with it), but they have lost the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: As we noted on Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations featured an event, "Remembering the Holocaust: the Documented Efforts of the Catholic Church to Save Lives." A summary of the proceedings has been written by University of Mississippi Professor of Law Ronald Rychlak. He was one [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's monologue by David Spade on Comedy Central: Even David Spade's fans branded him as low-class when he refused to show at Chris Farley's funeral; the two actors had done movies together. But being low class is who Spade is. He proved that last October when he lashed [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on who is attacking Christians: Attacks on Christianity, throughout the world, emanate from two principal sources: radical Muslims and leftists. The role played by radical Muslims is detailed in the 2020 World Watch List published by Open Doors; the Gatestone Institute cites radical Muslims as well, but it also mentions [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Harvey Weinstein's bigotry: As the Catholic League has pointed out before, Harvey Weinstein has a long history of making anti-Catholic movies, but only recently have we learned that his bigotry is not reserved to his artistic endeavors. "Sopranos" star Annabella Sciorra has accused Weinstein of raping her. Some weeks [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an important event at the United Nations today: Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day at the U.N., an annual event that mobilizes public awareness of the Nazi-led genocide of the Jewish people. This year the Permanent Observer Mission of the U.N., along with the Pave the Way Foundation, are sponsoring [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Trump's decision to address the March for Life crowd: Other presidents have offered their support to the pro-life cause, but only President Donald Trump has decided to participate in the March for Life. His pro-life record, coupled with his record in defense of religious liberty, makes him the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on celebrity lawyers and the cogent points they make: One does not have to like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein (I fought with the latter for decades) to like what their lawyers are saying in their defense. There are some lines of defense that are not only persuasive, they have [...]
Federal rulemaking directives afford the public an opportunity to weigh in on proposed changes to public policy; submissions must be forwarded 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register. On January 16, 2020, the Trump administration's Department of Education announced several proposed rule changes affecting religious liberty in government programs. Catholic League president [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on public policy reforms issued by the Trump administration on January 16: The public policy reforms governing religious liberty issued by the Trump administration are compelling and much needed. President Trump has proven once again that he is the most religion-friendly president in the modern era. The Trump administration has [...]
