by Institute on Religion and Democracy The Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) is commending the World Council of Churches (WCC) for its decision to hold an international conference on Pakistan’s blasphemy law. The September Geneva conference comes after Rimsha Masih, an eleven year-old Pakistani Christian girl reported to have […]

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the battle between two national atheist organizations: A war has broken out between the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) and American Atheists. It’s over money. Both are appealing to the same small pool of angry […]

By Guest Opinion, Oregon When natural disasters strike, people loudly question what God was up to.  It appears that Hurricane Isaac is no exception.  First it was actor Samual Jackson who Tweeteed, ““Unfair S—t: GOP spared by Issac !…Not understanding God’s plan!”.  After an uproar,  Jackson made amends by responding […]

Statement of Archbishop John G. Vlazny on Father Angel Perez By Portland Archdiocese Many letters, messages and phone calls have come to my attention from Catholics in this archdiocese. Like all of you, I am deeply saddened and troubled by the accusations of the abuse of a minor by Fr. […]

There is power in the collaborative context Compassion Connect On a recent sizzling Saturday in early August, more than 325 volunteers representing at least 25 North Portland churches came together in an outstanding display of care for our community for the first ever Compassion North Portland event. Working together on […]

Gerald Katchmer is charged with using social media to solicit sexually-explicit material from a minor By Oregon Attorney General The Oregon Department of Justice today announced the arrest and arraignment of a Florida man charged with using the internet to solicit sexually-explicit material from a minor. “The Oregon Department of […]

God Particle-Religion Fires Back Recently the scientists at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) ignited fireworks around the world with the announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson, a.k.a., the God Particle. Congratulations are in order for Professor Peter Higgs and the thousands of scientist around the world who […]

During performances, Russian gymnast Kseniia Afanaseva, would place a picture of her patron Arthodox Saint next to the gym mat.

 Rick Warren cancels Presidential Forum repeat Oregon Faith News Note: Rick Warren has canceled plans for second presidential candidate forum to follow in the footsteps of the 2008 forum which featured both candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. The reason cited was uncivil discourse among both the Obama and Romney […]

Oregon judge rules on priest employment case By Oregon Faith News Note: An Oregon judge has ruled this week on an important and widely watched case over the employee relationship of local priests to the Vatican. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman ruled that priests were not employees of the […]