Bill Donohue [Note: We run this article each year on March 17] The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one of the first leaders to champion the cause of equal rights. There is much to celebrate on [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the issue of ethnic identity: Am I who I say I am, or am I what nature says I am? The former is an interesting psychological issue but it has no bearing on reality: our ethnicity, like our sex, is biologically determined. It is not a function of perception. It [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how Hollywood and the pope recently addressed transgenderism: If there were any doubt that the religious vision of sexuality, as represented by the pope, and the secular vision, as represented by Hollywood, were dissimilar, they were wiped away over the weekend. On March 10, an Argentine daily newspaper, La [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the priest-penitent privilege under scrutiny in Delaware: Last week we asked lawmakers in Vermont to reconsider a bill aimed at curtailing the sexual abuse of minors that would force priests to divulge what they learned about this subject in the confessional. Now we are asking lawmakers in Delaware the same [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Detransition Awareness Day: On March 12, the Hollywood gang will congratulate themselves again at the Academy Awards, and some Oscar winners will no doubt make obscene comments. It’s who they are. On the same day, an event that is of much greater cultural significance will take place: it’s Detransition [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a very sick celebration: Most pro-life Americans understand, but do not condone, why some young girls and adult women make a terrible mistake by terminating the baby in their womb. Some make this decision out of fear, or they panic. They need to be ministered to, and that is [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the priest-penitent privilege under scrutiny in Vermont: The Catholic League is used to doing battle with lawmakers who want to violate the seal of confession. Their intentions vary, but in each case the proximate cause of such legislation is the sexual abuse of minors. In the last few years we [...]
No teacher has the right to make bigoted remarks about the parents of students. Such an occasion recently took place in a school district in Washington. What follows is Bill Donohue's letter to the school superintendent in charge of the school where this happened. March 6, 2023 Dr. Alan Spicciati Superintendent Auburn School District 915 Fourth [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the failure of drug legalization: We have been told repeatedly that the “war on drugs” has been an utter failure. That’s because nothing can stop people from using illicit drugs. Worse, our failure to legalize them makes a black market inevitable. Therefore, it makes more sense to regulate drugs [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade: On Sunday, March 5, Staten Island will hold its traditional St. Patrick’s Day Parade. As always, everyone is welcome to celebrate the contributions of St. Patrick. Those who seek to hijack the parade by drawing attention to their own agenda are not [...]
