Anthony Malkin, owner of the Empire State Building, said the company would light up the landmark in honor of religious days, but not religious people like Mother Teresa.
June 10, 2010
Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued the following remarks today on the league's ongoing controversy with Anthony Malkin, the owner of the Empire State Building who denied Mother Teresa the honor of having the building towers shine blue and white on August 26, the 100th anniversary of her birthday:
Malkin said yesterday that he has a policy denying any tribute to religious individuals or organizations. As I pointed out yesterday, that didn't stop them from honoring John Cardinal O'Connor and Pope John Paul II when they died, nor did it stop a tribute to the Salvation Army on its 125th anniversary, or Rev. Martin Luther King last January. I have now learned that on April 25, 2009, the towers were aglow in blue and white in honor of the Salesian Sisters, an order of Roman Catholic nuns.