Why does the FBI severely overreact to Catholic pro-life protesters for minor infractions while doing practically nothing to apprehend pro-abortion activists who have engaged in violence against Catholics and Catholic churches? This explains why Bill Donohue twice wrote to Sen. Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking for a probe or hearing on [...]
Militant secularists are in high gear the last quarter of every year. They don't like October because they don't like Columbus. Why? He symbolizes Western civilization, which they loathe. They don't like Christmas because it reminds them of Jesus Christ, whose divinity they reject. Now that Thanksgiving is upon us, radical atheists are bent on discrediting [...]
William A. Donohue There have always been extremists on the right and the left who are completely intolerant, and while both sides need to be condemned, the real danger comes more from the left. Not because the right-wing extremists are less intolerant, but because those on the left are more numerous and they occupy the command [...]
This is the article that appeared in the November 2022 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out the news release, here. Bill Donohue Throughout the Western world, the [...]
On September 28 the Associated Press ran a story about mandatory reporting laws that didn't get much traction. That's because it broke no new ground. Written by Jason Dearen and Michael Rezendes, they found that 33 states exempt the clergy from mandatory reporting laws governing the sexual abuse of minors. "This loophole has resulted in an [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue sent the following letter to the Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy: September 28, 2022 Lieutenant General Richard Clark Superintendent 2304 Cadet Drive, Ste. 3300 USAF Academy, CO 80840-5001 Dear Lt. Gen. Clark: In my role as president of the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization, I regularly address [...]
Ever since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, the Biden administration has seized on the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to scare Americans about their access to abortion. They did so in a grand way on October 4 at the White House. President Joe Biden, Vice President [...]
An incident recently occurred at Vanderbilt University that merited our attention. The good news is that the president, Daniel Diermeier, put the fire out just before we decided to pounce. Just to make sure something like this doesn't happen again, Bill Donohue shared his concerns with the president. The issued involved a very serious threat to [...]
The New York Times reported on September 17 that those who want limits on abortion are "out of step" with public opinion. The Times is wrong. Consider the data from four different polling companies. In June 2018, a Gallup poll found that only 13 percent of Americans said abortion should be legal in the last three [...]
No lie told by Senator Elizabeth Warren will ever top her effort to pass herself off as a Native American; however, her claim that she is pro-choice is a close second. While she may present herself as a champion of women's rights, Warren does not believe they have a "right to choose." In her rhetoric, voting [...]
