The following article by Bill Donohue was published by Newsmax on February 6, 2014. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has just released a report on the way the Vatican has responded to the sexual abuse of minors by priests. The 15-page report contains not a single footnote, endnote, or any other [...]
When the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by a privately owned business, Hobby Lobby, that challenges the constitutionality of the Health and Human Services mandate, several organizations that have traditionally opposed the bishops lined up with their own brief on the other side. BishopAccountability, [...]
Recently, a worldwide survey of Catholics was conducted by Bendixen & Amandi International for Univision. The survey of 12 nations yielded some interesting results, but first a note on its methodology. Asking people to identify themselves as Catholic is not a sufficient condition for drawing conclusions: we need to know whether they regularly attend to the [...]
The two greatest threats to liberty and Catholicism, stem from militant secularism at home and militant Islam abroad. Both strains of extremism were on display this past St. Valentine’s Day. Planned Parenthood's president Cecile Richards celebrated St. Valentine's Day by tweeting a video saying women need "safe + legal abortion." Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia took [...]
The United Nation's Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child recently held a hearing on the Holy See's handling of sexual abuse. The U.N. Committee that was charged with probing the Holy See's response to the sexual abuse of minors is composed of 18 "independent experts," from as many nations. Some of the [...]
A couple of weeks ago, an offensive video was posted on YouTube by Sarah Silverman. Silverman is a champion of abortion rights, but that hardly makes her a bigot. What makes her an anti-Christian bigot is her video that featured her talking to a Jesus character about abortion. The language she used was so vulgar—she ended [...]
Catholic University of America came under attack again for receiving a donation from the Koch Foundation. In December, Bill Donohue exposed Faith in Public Life, which led the first attack, as a group that is funded by a George Soros foundation, the Open Society Institute. Another left-wing entity, Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, was spearheading the [...]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that he has decided not to march in this year's St. Patrick's Day parade. Not since David Dinkins decided not to march in 1993 has a mayor refused to do so. Bill Donohue was delighted: He leads the Catholic League contingent every year, and does not want [...]
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's spokesman recently responded to criticism over Gov. Cuomo’s statement about "extreme conservatives." Gov. Cuomo has continued to give legs to the controversy over a remark he made a short time ago on the radio. Instead of apologizing, he has dug himself in deeper. In the radio interview, Cuomo was speaking [...]
Recently, Gov. Cuomo railed against what he called "extreme conservatives" who are "pro-life, pro-assault weapons, anti-gay." He said such persons "have no place in the state of New York, because that's not who New Yorkers are." Soon after Cuomo’s offensive remarks, NYC Mayor de Blasio said he agreed with Cuomo's comments "100 percent." He explained, "I [...]
