Catholic NJ Governor Supports “School Choice”

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The newly elected Catholic Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey has come out in favor of school choice, saying parents and children deserve better than to be trapped by the “educational bureaucracy” of the nation’s failing public school system.

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Two-Thirds of American Catholics Support Pope

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

In spite of the ongoing sex abuse crisis in the Church, a new poll by Zogby International has found that American Catholics overwhelmingly approve of Pope Benedict XVI, even though the majority believe both he and the U.S. bishops have done a poor job handling the sex abuse crisis.

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Study: Majority of Americans Post Risky Information On-Line

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

A new study conducted by Consumer Reports magazine has found that a majority of Americans continue to post detailed personal information on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace in spite of the high risk of cyber crime.

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Leader of Tiannamen Square Protest Converts to Christianity

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

It has just been revealed that a leader of the 1989 Tiannamen Square protests has converted to Christianity, and says one of the reasons for her decision was the country’s one-child policy which causes “a daily Tiannamen massacre” every day in China.

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State Pressures Girl Into Late-Term Abortion

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

In what some are calling a harbinger of things to come now that ObamaCare is law, a caseworker for the Department of Human Services (DHS) in Pennsylvania is being accused of pressuring a Philadelphia teen into a late-term abortion by threatening to take away her toddler and the unborn child should she decide to go through with the pregnancy.

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Franklin Graham: Obama Administration Opposes Christianity

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The evangelical preacher who was abruptly disinvited to speak at the Pentagon during tomorrow’s National Day of Prayer events because of negative comments he once made about Muslims, accused the Obama Administration of giving Islam a pass while persecuting Christians for their beliefs.

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