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I have been a member of the Catholic League since ...

2009-12-03T13:43:25.967-05:00

I have been a member of the Catholic League since 1996 and I am thankful for the leadership of Bill Donohue. I have experienced anti-Catholicism in the workplace and I objected to it. I had to get "loud" in objecting by contacting the human resources department because the perpetrators thought their actions were funny. The HR people brought some sobriety to the situation and the

I've had a run-in with Mr. Donohue myself, the kin...

2009-12-02T03:21:53.702-05:00

I've had a run-in with Mr. Donohue myself, the kind that makes me think he's an embarrassment to the Church.

Some years ago (around 1996, I think) I got a free copy of Catalyst, the Catholic League's magazine, in the mail. Reading it from cover to cover, I got the general impression of a great deal of mean-spiritedness in Mr. Donohue's comments.

What

The in-your-face John the Baptist types are my kin...

2009-12-02T01:45:22.357-05:00

The in-your-face John the Baptist types are my kinda guys, and Bill Donohue fills that role very well. There's a time to use the carrot and there's a time to bring out the stick.

People seem to read what they want into John 2:13f...

2009-12-01T09:12:30.696-05:00

People seem to read what they want into John 2:13ff, yet the texts in my two Bibles (RNAB & JB) don't mention "anger" in the text at all. The disciples recall "zeal," which if you check your footnotes refers to Psalm 69. Read that psalm and you will find more of an allusion to persecution and the Passion than righteous anger.

Robert is quite right that Jesus

In response to Leticia, I would agree that there i...

2009-11-30T23:44:05.094-05:00

In response to Leticia, I would agree that there is a place for righteous anger. But like I said, Jesus was only "rough," or showed righteous anger to the pharisees and religious hypocrites, that is those who claimed to be holy and in the service of God but who in reality were not.

Jesus' anger at the money changers in the temple was an example of this. Jesus' anger

A few things. We Catholics acknowledge there are v...

2009-11-30T20:17:53.009-05:00

A few things. We Catholics acknowledge there are values in the means we use to achieve a goal. People often have high ideals, but lapse in the means they utilize to achieve them.

Unlike Russell Shaw, I do not know Mr Donohue. I see and read some Catholic League literature. I know Mr Donohue feels aggrieved at the handling of Christmas. I think his perspective is a bit light and

Actually, Christ said we would be mocked and that ...

2009-11-30T19:32:10.577-05:00

Actually, Christ said we would be mocked and that we should rejoice and be glad. When Christ saw His Father's House mocked, His anger was violent and not at all joyful.
Yet when He was crucified He opened not His mouth.
We are to rejoice at personal persecution and yet defend Holy Mother Church like the soldiers of Christ we were made at confirmation.
Bill Donohue never

Mr. Shaw seems to think that the only Catholics wh...

2009-11-30T16:00:12.443-05:00

Mr. Shaw seems to think that the only Catholics who really have an issue with Mr. Donohue are dissident Catholics. I am an orthodox Catholic and I think he is an embarrassment or worse to the Church. While I don’t doubt his good intentions, I believe his tactics are harmful and do not reflect the teaching of our Lord in the Gospel.
For some reason, Mr. Donohue believes the Church should be

The headline asks if Bill Donohue of the Catholic ...

2009-11-30T15:12:55.631-05:00

The headline asks if Bill Donohue of the Catholic League is "effective and gutsy" or a "Catholic embarrassment."

For me, he is a necessary, effective and gutsy Catholic embarrassment because, other than Archbishop Chaput and Bishop Tobin, we have no other Catholic spokesperson willing to take on the secular media as effectively as he does. Even Bruskewitz (sp?)