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November 7, 2014 - Religious liberty worsens in 55 nations

Bill Donahue, Catholic League Aid to the Church in Need monitors religious liberty around the world. Its latest report covered the period October 2012 to June 2014. It concluded that of the world’s 196 countries, changes in the condition of religious liberty were noted in 61 of them: in only […]


November 4, 2014 - Houston’s religious liberty scare

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog You may be aware of the situation in Houston, Texas, where five pastors who have been vocal in opposing the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) were subpoenaed by the mayor, demanding that they hand over materials related to […]


November 3, 2014 - Ore. woman in national “Assisted Suicide” story ends her life.

By Faith News Note; Brittany Maynard, the 29-year old new bride who gained national attention for coming to Oregon to utilize the state’s assisted suicide law ended her life this weekend. She came to Oregon from California because she had an aggressive form of brain cancer and Oregon is one […]


October 31, 2014 - Walmart’s Catholic problem

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on the way Walmart is responding to complaints about its Halloween wear: “Fat Girl Costumes” sold by Walmart were the subject of a deep apology and a pledge to rid the store’s inventory of such demeaning garb. Yesterday, when […]


October 29, 2014 - PDX Archbishop’s plea on Assisted Suicide

Oregon Faith Report News Note: Oregon has made recent national news on assisted suicide with the news of a fiancee with terminal cancer who is planning her own death date in Oregon (see story here).  The news has revived the topic in Oregon.  Below is a statement from the Portland […]


October 27, 2014 - Missing link: Faith & science

Multnomah University, Portland Multnomah Biblical Seminary was recently awarded a national grant  that addresses the missing links between faith and science in a seminary education. MU seminary professor Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., comments. All truth is God’s truth It is well known that Evangelical Christianity has often experienced a difficult relationship […]


October 24, 2014 - Episcopal Church slide loses a million members

by Institute on Religion and Democracy — Jeffrey Walton Episcopalians have been captivated in recent weeks by an unfolding meltdown at the denomination’s General Theological Seminary, but statistics released this week by the Episcopal Church’s Office of Research reveal that the wider denomination is also struggling to find its footing. […]


October 22, 2014 - Gallup shows our moral trends

Rebecca Rifkin, Gallup USA. To see the trends over 15 years click here The American public has become more tolerant on a number of moral issues, including premarital sex, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. On a list of 19 major moral issues of the day, Americans express levels of […]


October 21, 2014 - Cabo looks to NW for help

By Forward Edge International Vancouver Washington based charity Responding to Hurricane Odile in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Vancouver, Washington (October 21, 2014). Vancouver-based Forward Edge International (FEI) is responding to the Hurricane Odile disaster that struck Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on September 14, 2014. With winds of up to 135mph, […]


October 20, 2014 - Beaverton Religion Forum: Do Ghosts Exist?

By Evergreen Presbyterian, Beaverton Religion Forum — Do Ghosts Exist? It’s Halloween time — do ghosts really exist? At this time of year, people dress-up as ghosts and demons, and even believe they exist. But to ghosts and demons really exist? And are they out to get you? What about […]