Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Chick-fil-A flap is far from over as the fallout continues on several fronts today with one employee fired for his verbal assault on a restaurant employee and a Chicago Alderman causing scandal by calling Cardinal Francis George's defense of marriage "disingenuous and irresponsible."
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A group of six former Vatican ambassadors, including Ray Flynn and Mary Ann Glendon, have joined forces to start a new outreach to Catholic voters asking them to support GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over pro-abortion President Barack Obama.
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The long held assumption that President Barack Obama has the African American vote in his pocket was shaken up this week when the president of the Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP) announced the launching of a campaign asking black voters to refrain from voting for the president unless he reverses his stance on same-sex marriage.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
For those of you who didn't hear, the embattled Christian-owned Chick-fil-A raked in record sales during yesterday's "Appreciation Day" - and the U. S. media aren't happy about it.
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In what is sure to be an awkward moment for President Barack Obama, he has accepted the traditional invitation to speak at the Catholic Charities Al Smith Dinner in October.
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Newly released evidence in the case of a young woman who died after receiving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago is sparking calls for a full-scale murder investigation.
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The controversial birth control mandate which will force religious employers to provide insurance for services that violate their beliefs takes effect today, an event that many are calling the death of religious freedom in America.
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In order to insure that all Olympians have access to our Eucharistic Lord during their stay in London, three parishes have joined together to provide 24-hours of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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An 88 year-old Chinese woman who is dying of kidney failure is being hailed as a hero for her lifelong work of rescuing abandoned children.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSIn a hard-hitting column published on the website of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George reminds Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel and others who want to restrict the establishment of pro-marriage Chick-fil-A restaurants that it is not the role of government to dictate "values" to the population.
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