Health Daily News, More movies approved for young viewers are showing alcohol brands, a trend that could influence teen drinking, researchers say. Children’s exposure to movie imagery of tobacco and alcohol has been linked to smoking and drinking at a younger age, heavier drinking and alcohol abuse, said the researchers […]

Attack on Religious Liberties and Non-Profits Bill Passes CA Senate Contact: Karen England, Capitol Resource Institute, The following statement can be attributed to Karen England, Executive Director of Capitol Resource Institute, in response to the passage of Senate Bill 323 on the floor of the California State Senate. Today the […]

Religious Groups Join Effort to Protect Pollinators By Faith News Note A pilot program of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon for “faith-based pollinator protection” is an attempt to help reverse the loss of bee populations in our area. The project is part of Ecumenical Ministries’ Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns and […]

A Seattle woman has gone 5 days without eating and she is doing it to save the world. She wishes to show that it is possible to live without consuming so much food.

Ty Mays, ecfa.org While charitable giving to large ECFA-accredited nonprofits and churches increased a modest 2.4 percent in 2012, as compared with a 1.4 percent decrease for 2011, giving to small organizations continued to decline for the second consecutive year, the faith-based financial accountability organization announced today.   When adjusted […]

University of Portland to host “The Impact of Catholic Education in America: Past, Present, and Future,” Thursday through Saturday, June 20-22 By University of Portland University of Portland will host a conference, “The Impact of Catholic Education in America: Past, Present, and Future,” Thursday through Saturday, June 20-22, on the […]

  By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on Bill Maher’s HBO Friday night show: Maher’s obsession with Catholicism was on display again Friday night. His joking around about the pope being an atheist crossed no lines, nor did his swipe at Jesus being a hippie. […]

What do you do when your church steeple is infested with a massive bee hive 40 feet of the ground? You call in the experts — which are few. See KGW-TV video below.

By Tom Krattenmaker Tom is an award-winning Portland-based writer Recent books Onward Christian Athletes & The Evangelicals you Don’t Know . (Article appeared 5/12/13, USA Today, Huffington post) Depending on what happens at the Boy Scouts’ national meeting this month, gay Scouts might soon be accepted into the venerable organization. […]

By Portland Archdiocese 6th Annual Blessing of the Bikes The parish of St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the Archdiocese of Portland’s Department of Evangelization announce the sixth annual “Blessing of the Bikes,” on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm in the courtyard of the Cathedral. The […]