The Catholic League is delighted with the strong support it has received for its protest of Terrence McNally’s blasphemous play, "Corpus Christi." It is proud to announce that the following 49 organizations, representing the four major religions in the United States today, have signed a formal letter of protest objecting to the play: Acton Institute for [...]
In the "Weekend" section of the September 18th edition New York Times, several plays were advertised on one page. Four of them deal with Catholicism, one way or another: "Corpus Christi"; "Tony n’ Tina"; "Nunsense A-Men!"; and "Late Nite Catechism." Their treatment of Catholicism, as even reviewers have noted, ranges from ridicule to blasphemy. The Catholic League issued [...]
William A. Donohue This past summer, New York Times columnist Frank Rich accused the Catholic League of being "too thin-skinned." Though we were not the only example he provided, he began and finished his piece with us. He is concerned that when groups like the Catholic League protest plays like "Corpus Christi," the result is self-censorship. His ultimate [...]
William A. Donohue In his magnificent encyclical, Veritatis Splendor, Pope John Paul II said that the foundation of freedom was the Ten Commandments. This is, without doubt, one of the most radical and counter-cultural ideas of our age. It not only runs counter to the dominant thinking in the West, it is rejected with a ferociousness [...]
It is a sign of the times that interest in New Age religions is booming. What these religions have to offer reads like a do-it-yourself therapeutic workshop. One New Age website that we tapped into says that it offers "a new perspective in the evolution of spiritual concepts." That it does. "Spiritual Persistence," the website says, [...]
We weren’t sure what was going to happen. That is why we were as pleased as we were relieved when we learned that, in the end, CBS decided to flip-flop the right way by gutting an anti-Catholic remark. A new CBS show, "The King of Queens," premiered on September 21. We were anxious to find out [...]
In the wake of a fire that devastated New York’s Central Synagogue on August 28, Governor George Pataki ordered a state of emergency that allows the congregation to use the New York State Armory on Park Avenue; access was granted for 10 days, from the eve of Rosh Hashanah on September 20 until Yom Kippur on [...]
On October 16, NBC will air a new show, "Trinity." Its Department of Media Relations describes the show as a "powerful one-hour drama" from executive producer John Wells; Wells produced "ER." The plot revolves around the McCallisters, "a working-class Irish-Catholic family from New York’ Hell’s Kitchen." Viewers are introduced to "five young-adult siblings" who "lead contrasting [...]
Imagine what you would do if you learned that your child, or grandchild, came home from school one day and told you that he was taught that he couldn’t get into heaven because he was a Catholic. This is exactly what Wayne and Debra Anderson were told when their daughter, Jenny, came home from class at [...]
In the last issue of Catalyst, we cited several instances where anti-Catholic bigotry was actually rewarded by schools and newspapers; we also printed the name and address of the offending parties. In at least one instance, the message that our members sent clearly hit home. We heard from Marty Gephart of Rochester High School, editor-in-chief of Rocktimes. The [...]
