Stephen Prothero is the author of the book “The American Bible: How our words unite, divide and define a nation” and “Religious Literacy and God Is Not One”, and also a professor of religion at Boston University. His recent essay was featured in the Wall Street Journal. At the beginning […]

In May of last year, a terrible tornado ripped through Joplin Missouri killing over 100 people.  The tornado destroyed the local St. Mary’s Catholic church.  All that remained was the cross.   This week during the anniversary, Joplin residents gathered around the cross to reflect, remember and renew their spirits.

ABC’s GCB Gets Canceled Because of Conservative Christians By Movie Guide, LFor family and child advocate Dr. Ted Baehr, founder and publisher of Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment, ABC/Disney’s cancellation of its “bigoted” show “GCB,” which mocked and ridiculed Christians, was a “victory for faith and values.” […]

Memorial Day Masses By Portland Archdiocese, Masses will be held at the two Archdiocesan Catholic Cemeteries on Memorial Day, May 28. Archbishop John G. Vlazny will celebrate Mass at Mount Calvary’s Altar Garden (333 SW Skyline Blvd, Portland). Monsignor Dennis O’Donovan will celebrate Mass in the Chapel at Gethsemani Cemetery […]

Girls only prom hosted for Muslim student A Muslim High School in Michigan, Tharima Ahmed, found a way to attend prom without violating her customs that restrict interactions with boys.   Her solution was to host an all-girls prom.   It turned out to be a success as over 120 students participated.   […]

From Gallup, “The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as “pro-choice” is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves “pro-life,” one point shy of the record high, also from […]

By Oregon Faith News Note: The City of Portland spent a lot of time and public discussion over creating rules to allow churches to house homeless campers in their vehicle in the church parking lot. The rules were fine tuned to allow four cars per parking lot. The first church […]

By John Fortmeyer Christian News Northwest Subscribe Thousands of Oregon and Washington churches are being approached to promote petition campaigns to get two specific issues on the Nov. 6 ballot in the two states. In Oregon, sponsors of citizen Initiative 25 seek a minimum 116, 284 valid voter signatures by July […]

Faith News Note, The First Congregational Church in Tacoma is facing extinction which puts their 104 year old church in danger of being demolished. Once a thriving congregation of 700 people it has now dwindled down to 40 members. Their choir has been replaced by a cassette tape. This comes […]

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on lawsuits filed today against the Obama administration. At issue is the constitutionality of the Health and Human Services edict seeking to force Catholic non-profits to pay for abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptive services and sterilization in their […]