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April 29, 2022 - Legalizing marijuana is a death sentence

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses a bill being taken up by the Senate. To read his longer piece, the one sent to Senators, click here. On April 1, 2022, the House of Representatives voted 220-204 to decriminalize marijuana. The bill will […]


April 27, 2022 - Portland Archbishop signs letter to Germany bishops

Portland Archbishop, Press Release, April 12, 2022 I decided to sign on to this open letter to my brother bishops in Germany out of a deep concern and love for our Holy Mother, the Church. In this age of rapid and widespread global communication, what happens in one part of […]


April 25, 2022 - Handbook addresses vulnerabilities in your church

By Kevin Palau, Human trafficking can impact people anywhere because there are vulnerable people everywhere. Simply put, whether it’s for sex, labor, or domestic servitude, human trafficking is the exploitation of vulnerability for commercial gain. What can your church do about it? For this reason, Let My People Go has […]


April 21, 2022 - BIDEN TO GUT HEALTHCARE CONSCIENCE RIGHTS

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on plans by the Biden administration to end conscience protections for healthcare workers: In May 2019, President Donald Trump spoke from the Rose Garden about the conscience rights of healthcare workers. He addressed the final new […]


April 20, 2022 - NW group aiding Ukrainians in Moldova

Medical Teams International, An Oregon headquartered charity Coram Deo is Medical Teams’ former partner in Moldova. Currently, in response to the Ukraine refugee crisis, Coram Deo prepares hygiene kits and boxes of food on a daily basis and drops them off at a refugee transit center. Volunteers distribute the hygiene kits […]


April 18, 2022 - Portland Muslim authors graphic novel

By Oregon Faith Report, In a new graphic novel, Bangladeshi American cartoonist Priya Huq depicts the Islamophobia she experienced growing up in Portland. The novel, “Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab,” tells the story of Nisrin, a Bangladeshi American eighth-grader who decides to start wearing a hijab, and […]


April 15, 2022 - Satire video on The Chosen tries reverse psychology

By Faith News Note, The website thechosenisnotgood.com has issued a video encouraging people to watch the site The Chosen because the Devil doesn’t want people to watch the popularTV series. See the comedic take below.


April 12, 2022 - What about Marriage and Family in Heaven?

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon headquartered ministry One of the most common questions I’m asked is about family relationships in Heaven. Here’s what I wrote in 50 Days of Heaven: When we receive our glorified bodies and relocate to the New Earth, it will culminate history, not erase […]


April 8, 2022 - City blocks church from opening private school

From First Liberty Boston, MA—On behalf of Real Life International (Vida Real) Church in Somerville, Massachusetts, First Liberty Institute and the Massachusetts Family Institute today urged Somerville Superintendent Mary Skipper and the Somerville Public School Committee to allow Vida Real Church, a largely Hispanic immigrant church, to open a religious […]


April 6, 2022 - Oregon Expands Assisted Suicide Law

From Archdiocese of Portland Due to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of its assisted suicide residency requirement, Oregon will no longer limit assisted suicide to residents of the state. This extremely disturbing development has nationwide implications. It may allow terminally ill patients from other states, even states where assisted suicide […]