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August 25, 2012 - God Particle gets faith defense in new book

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 […]


August 25, 2012 - Photo: Faith at the Olympics

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


August 24, 2012 - Rick Warren cancels Presidential Forum repeat

 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 […]


August 23, 2012 - Oregon judge rules on priest employment case

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 […]


August 22, 2012 - Portland thrives with Jewish Hollywood talent

Oregon Faith News Note: Oregon Jewish Life magazine has just done a wonderful profile on the Portland Jewish Community and its connection to Hollywood. Carrie Brownstein from the series Portlandia lives in Portland and has been listed by Tablet magazine as one of the city’s best known Jews.” The popular […]


August 21, 2012 - Oregon seminary wrestles with clergy abuse

Oregon Faith News Note: In light of the recent Woodburn priest abuse case, The Oregonian’s Nancy Haught went to Oregon’s top seminary to inquire on how a priest training school tries to prevent and weed out problem priests. The Oregonian interviewed Mount Angel Seminary which trains most of the 150 […]


August 20, 2012 - Hundreds turn out for Love Portland

By Imago Dei Portland Church Several months ago, leadership from Imago Dei Community met with the city of Portland and asked the question, “What can we do to serve the city? Where is there a need?” The mayor’s office replied asking for help preparing Portland’s schools for the upcoming school […]


August 19, 2012 - Focus-on-Family blame shooting on liberal group

There was a terrible shooting at the Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado this month. The shooter allegedly gave political rantings and had a dozen Chick-Fil-A sandwhiches in his car. The president of Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins, has blamed the Southern Poverty Law Center for making it […]


August 18, 2012 - Choosing "Unseduced" over "50 Shaeds of Grey"

New Book Challenges Women to Go Beyond ‘Shades of Grey’ Even as the cyprian trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey is quickly becoming one of the fastest-selling series in recent years, a surprising new book that challenges readers to choose dignity over desire is beginning to find an audience with women […]


August 17, 2012 - Religious liberty resolution passed by Knights of Columbus

Action follows messages from the pope, Cardinal Dolan, and president of Canadian Bishops Conference encouraging organization’s religious liberty work By Andrew T. Walther, Knights of Columbus, In response to recent threats to religious liberty, delegates to the 130th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus passed a Resolution in Defense […]