Dissident lay Catholics in Southwest Florida, along with some priests, have declared war on Bishop Frank Dewane. He is the Bishop of Venice and is by all accounts a loyal son of the Church. Which is why they are out to get him. Dewane is drawing the ire of Catholic malcontents, and ex-Catholics, because of his [...]
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin recently responded to the 2011 grievance filed by the Catholic League against attorney Rebekah M. Nett. We asked that she be investigated for making stridently anti-Catholic remarks against United States Bankruptcy Judge Nancy Dreher, and others. We are happy to report that she has lost her license for a year. The [...]
William A. Donohue According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1.6 percent of Americans are homosexual. Yet that very small minority projects an influence on our culture that is extraordinary. A few years back, gay reporters at the New York Times were bragging how many of them were working on front-page stories. Hollywood studios employ a [...]
Bill Donohue Alliances are formed on the basis of mutual interests and needs, and the religious conservative alliance is no exception. There were forces external to each religious community, as well as forces within each community, that made the alliance possible. While today Catholic traditionalists, evangelical Protestants, Orthodox Jews, and others work together on social issues, [...]
Recently, the Holy See replied to a report issued earlier this year by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Holy See took this U.N. committee to task on three levels: the international body does not understand the reach of the Holy See's authority; it unjustly involved itself in canon law; and [...]
The implementation of Common Core in New York State, one of the first states to adopt it, is an abject failure: academic achievement is regressing. Whatever merits it may have, its most vociferous proponents are out of line when they try to strong-arm Catholic schools into accepting it. The Council for a Strong America (CSA) is [...]
Kathleen Oropeza is the president of Fund Education Now, a Florida activist group that is anti-school voucher, anti-charter schools, anti-testing, and pro-union. Her outfit has filed a lawsuit contending that the state constitution mandates "high quality" public education, and that funds distributed to other schools deprive public schools of the monies they need to succeed. The [...]
The Synod of Bishops ended their two weeks of discussion affirming Church teachings on marriage and the family. The bishops also held out the prospect of making some changes when the Synod convenes again next October. The pope will then offer his own thoughts on the subject. The final report, which was released on October 18, [...]
The Catholic League, along with many other Catholic organizations, has joined the amicus curiae brief prepared by Catholic Action for Faith and Family that seeks to protect the seal of Confession. The case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. The State Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled in July that Father Jeff Bayhi may be compelled to [...]
We've been impressed with the underlying positive message of "Blue Bloods" over the years, as well as its welcome treatment of Catholicism. But after a recent episode of the show, we're now wondering whether CBS is turning on its audience. We were bombarded with complaints following the episode that aired on October 10. Police Commissioner Frank [...]
