The following article was written by the Catholic League's communications director Michael P. McDonald: The National Abortion Federation's (NAF) "2020 Violence and Disruption Statistics" report has a dearth of information to support any of its claims. But what NAF lacks in facts, it makes up for it in hyperbole, innuendo, and hypocrisy designed to portray pro-life [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland today: June 17, 2022 The Honorable Merrick Garland Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Garland: As president of the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization, I am requesting that you immediately deploy [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Catholic politicians in Colorado who reject the Church's teaching on abortion: Separation of church and state cuts both ways, but few in the media have any interest in reporting on this when it is the state that is crossing the line. That's what is happening in Colorado. In March, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Biden's latest policy on transgender youth: For the first time in American history, we have a president who is championing the cause of child abuse. On June 15, the White House released a statement saying President Biden is issuing an executive order seeking to ban "conversion therapy," the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way President Biden and Rep. Pelosi have addressed bigotry: President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are both self-described "devout Catholics." Given the rash of attacks on Catholics and Catholic Churches, it would be reasonable to expect that they would condemn these acts of anti-Catholicism. Yet neither [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Catholic churches being vandalized: The recent spate of Catholic churches that have been vandalized, as well as the bombing of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (many of which are run by Catholics), are not a coincidence. Nor is the attempted murder of Brett Kavanaugh, the Catholic Supreme Court Justice. [...]
Ronald J. Rychlak Last week, Amna Nawaz of PBS interviewed David Kertzer, author of a new book on Pope Pius XII and his dealings with the Nazis. We invited Ron Rychlak, Mississippi University law professor and member of the Catholic League's board of advisors, to respond to the interview. He is one of the nation's most [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the decline of professional sports: Were it not for the explosion of revenue coming from all the big TV screens, due to the multiplicity of cable sports channels, most owners of professional sports would be hurting. Fan attendance has been declining steadily, and even in terms of viewership, the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Rep. Nancy Pelosi's history of clashing with the bishops: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent run-in with San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is only the latest in a long line of clashes she has had with U.S. bishops. Her record of openly rejecting key moral teachings of the Catholic Church [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how a New Jersey congressman is treating parents in his district: Rep. Tom Malinowski, a New Jersey Democrat, is back in the news for undermining parental rights once again. He is refusing to meet with parents who are livid about his defense of wholly inappropriate sexual instruction to young [...]
