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September 18, 2013 - What Christian Left can learn from Christian Right

By Tom Krattenmaker  Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know – Article Also featured on..USA Today On most Mondays this summer, protesters have been congregating in North Carolina to raise a moral voice against the actions of elected officials in the Tar Heel state. Beginning at the […]


September 16, 2013 - Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast saved

By Christian News Northwest Subscribe Although there was some uncertainty in recent weeks due to fiscal challenges, an annual big prayer breakfast here will go ahead next month as scheduled. A report in the August Christian News Northwest told how financial support was slow in arriving for the 11th annual […]


September 13, 2013 - How is the media treating the Pope? — 6 month lookback

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue analyzes the way the print media reacted to Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis after their first six months as pontiff: We looked at the editorials in 15 of the nation’s largest newspapers to see what they said about the […]


September 12, 2013 - Portland Archbishop: Respect Life Sunday

By Portland Archdiocese October 6 is Respect Life Sunday Sunday, October 6, is Respect Life Sunday, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have declared entire month of October as Respect Life Month to remind all of the need to respect life from conception to natural death. The […]


September 11, 2013 - 9-11 survivor shares faith

Below is a transcript from a Georgene Rice KPDQ-FM interview with Leslie Haskin, World Trade Center survivor and author of “God Has Not Forgotten About You and He Cares More Than You Can Imagine” and “Between Heaven and Ground Zero”. Georgene: We so enjoyed hearing your first story, “Between Heaven […]


September 10, 2013 - Poll: California Co-ed bathroom law unpopular

Capitol Resource Institute, A new poll shows that a majority of Californians are poised to reject a law that opens public school showers, bathrooms and locker room facilities to students of the opposite sex based on “gender identity.” The poll conducted by SmithJohnson Research for the Privacy For All Students […]


September 9, 2013 - Moses & Feminism

By Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University Professor New Wine Skins Ministry As you may know, I edit a journal for The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins called Cultural Encounters. We have a new issue out and I’d invite you to take a look. I’ve reprinted the […]


September 6, 2013 - PDX Archdiocese fasts for Syria

By Portland Archdiocese Archdiocese of Portland joins Pope Francis in a Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in Syria Catholics in the Archdiocese of Portland are encouraged to join Pope Francis in participating in a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria on Saturday, September 7. In […]


September 6, 2013 - PBS Muhammad film questioned

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on the three-part PBS documentary, “The Life of Muhammad,”: No one likes to see his religion trashed, and from everything we have learned about “The Life of Muhammad,” Muslims have nothing to worry about. The New York Daily News […]


September 5, 2013 - Portland Red Mass event & Clarence Thomas

University of Portland to host U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and annual Red Mass on Thursday, September 19 University of Portland Oregon’s top Catholic University University of Portland will host U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the annual Red Mass on Thursday, September 19. Prior to the Mass, […]