Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), announced after Thanksgiving that she was launching a global campaign to change the Catholic Church’s teachings on sexuality. She wants to end what she calls "the Catholic bishops’ ban on condoms." The ad reads as follows: "Catholic people care. Do our bishops? Because the bishops ban [...]
In mid-December, Rye, New York attorney and Catholic League member Aldo Vitagliano was notified by the Federal Election Commission that he has prevailed against a pro-abortion group from Westchester, New York. On March 1, 1999, Vitagliano filed a complaint against PROCHOICE VOTER, the Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion PAC, and the Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion, [...]
On November 30 and December 1, the Somerville Theater in Somerville, Massachusetts, presented Faith Soloway’s, "Jesus Has Two Mommies." It was also performed on December 21 and 22 at Boston’s Copley Theater. Called a "multi-media schlock opera," the performance features Ms. Soloway, who plays herself, and Christine Cannavo, who plays her pregnant Irish-Catholic girlfriend; the two [...]
The University of Northern Iowa hosted the Terrence McNally play, "Corpus Christi," December 12-14. The play depicts Christ having sex with the 12 apostles. Catholic League president William Donohue jumped on this issue and made headlines in Cedar Rapids as a result. The public was largely on our side. Here is the text of Donohue’s remarks: [...]
A nominal Catholic brought up by irresponsible parents in a moral wasteland turns his back on his religion, converts to another, and commits treason. So in the eyes of the media, he’s Catholic. But not to us. Which is why we used this instance as a teaching moment. We’re talking about John Walker, the American Taliban [...]
The Catholic League is seeking the maximum penalty against anti-Catholic teachers at Sharon High School in Massachusetts for their participation in an anti-Catholic event. At the high school’s Halloween party, two male students dressed as pregnant nuns and another dressed as the priest impregnator. They were awarded first prize by a faculty panel: the offending students [...]
On November 14, Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, issued a news release that was challenged by Catholic League president William Donohue. On December 7, Donohue asked Rabbi Hier to substantiate the following italicized parts of his comments: "Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden adamantly refused, pointing out that the Pope [...]
As everyone who reads Catalyst knows, we adamantly reject the argument that Pope Pius XII was "silent" and did nothing to help Jews during the Holocaust. Indeed, our bottom line is that no one did more to help Jews. It is particularly offensive when young children are taught lies about Pius and that is why we quickly jumped [...]
by Ronald J. Rychlak Remember John Cornwell? In his last book, Hitler’s Pope, he claimed that he was a loyal, practicing Catholic who had the highest regard for Pope Pius XII and wanted to write a book defending him. He said he received special access to secret archives due to his previous writings defending the Church. He [...]
