Two related anti-Catholic incidents took place over Labor Day weekend involving a high school football game in Scottsdale, Arizona. After parents complained, and the Catholic League contacted school officials, an investigation was launched. We were pleased with the response. Our cause for concern was twofold: prior to a football game between Notre Dame Prep and Desert [...]
Bill Donohue was checking out Internet stories on a Saturday morning when he noticed a prominently posted news story found on Yahoo on August 27: He found a news story on the homepage of Yahoo that was puzzling. Titled, "Trump Goes to War with the Pope," it featured a picture of Donald Trump at a podium. [...]
Catholics are as divided as the rest of the nation when it comes to voting, and many look to activist Catholic groups for guidance. While there are good people on both sides, not every organization that adopts the Catholic label is to be trusted. For the record, I am not talking about entities that lean left [...]
Rick Hinshaw Raymond Arroyo, Mother Angelica: Her Grand Silence: The Last Years and Living Legacy (New York: Image, 2016) In his previous biography on Mother Angelica, Raymond Arroyo brought us into personal contact with her extraordinary life. He took us through not only her remarkable accomplishments, but the seemingly insurmountable challenges she had to overcome in [...]
On August 31, Bill Donohue requested the New York City branch of the New York State Administration for Children's Services (ACS) to launch a formal investigation of Anthony Weiner for suspected child sexual abuse. The bid was quickly granted. Weiner is a former Congressman who is married to Huma Abedin, close confidant of Hillary Clinton. In [...]
The following article written by Bill Donohue was recently published by CNSNews.com. On September 4, Blessed Mother Teresa will forever be known as Saint Mother Teresa. I know of no one in my lifetime, save for Saint John Paul II, who could rival her qualifications for canonization. If ever there were an altruist, it was Mother [...]
Following her canonization, the United Nations honored Mother Teresa with a weeklong celebration. There was an exhibition that featured her contributions, as well as statements she made on various issues. An international array of speakers, some of whom knew her well, were also included. They spoke about her service to the "poorest of the poor" and [...]
It will come as no surprise to our members that we are relentless in our efforts to render justice. Macy's executives, we guarantee, are fast learning who we are. We made Macy's the lead story in the September Catalyst. Below see the note that Bill Donohue sent to Macy's officials about it. It is followed by [...]
We are delighted that so many of our members have contacted Macy's, expressing their disgust with its anti-Catholic actions. We are not happy, however, with the way the mega-department store is responding when challenged. The form response is simply dishonest. Carrie Anderson of the executive office is replying to those who have written to Terry Lundgren, [...]
When we learned that Macy's had fired Javier Chavez for his Catholic beliefs—he expressed disagreement with allowing cross-dressing men to use the women's bathroom, but agreed to abide by the policy—we spoke out. We also researched other instances of intolerance by Macy's. What we found is a sordid history: Natalie Johnson, an African American employee at [...]
