Below are two announcements of local Oregon schools winning top honors. Oregon Episcopal wins Battle of the Books The fifth annual Oregon Battle of the Books was held April 14 at Chemetka Community College; Oregon Episcopal School took home first prize.   Though Jonathan Swift originated the term in the eighteenth […]

We’re Getting to Jon Stewart says Catholic League   Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, According to the Tampa Bay Times, while performing in Florida on Saturday night, Jon Stewart “offered some serious messages, railing against cable TV news channels’ ‘outrage machine’ after noting the Catholic League boycotted him for […]

Taking hope to a prison in Haiti  By Guest Submission, On March 31st, the Luis Palau Association (based in Beaverton)  joined with local churches and sponsor, Haiti Broilers to host an evangelistic outreach in Port-au-Prince. Music and freestyle motocross demonstrations delighted Haitians in the record crowd of 35,000. Andrew Palau’s […]

Remembering Chuck Colson Rememberance byChuckColson.org Evangelical Christianity lost one of its most eloquent and influential voices today with the death of Charles W. “Chuck” Colson. The Prison Fellowship and Colson Center for Christian Worldview founder died at 3:12 p.m. on Saturday from complications resulting from a brain hemorrhage. Colson was […]

Catholic Charities to visit nightclubs; talk about consent In honor of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, staff will remind bar-goers of their rights By Oregon Catholic Charities In recognition of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Catholic Charities Project UNICA will visit area nightclubs to host “Nights of Consent” April 19 […]

Pope Benedict Explores Environmental Issues from Diverse, Sometimes Surprising, Aspects A new book published by Our Sunday Visitor, The Environment by Pope Benedict XVI is an unprecedented collection of excerpts from what the Holy Father has had to say regarding the environment- a treasure trove of insights and inspiration surrounding […]

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Is Vanderbilt’s Anti-Discrimination Policy Actually Anti-Religion, Anti-Free Speech? Institute for Religion and Democracy Washington, DC—A controversial policy forcing campus groups to permit any student to qualify for leadership has caused Vanderbilt University’s Catholic ministry to declare it must leave the campus to remain faithful to its principles. The university’s newly-enforced […]

A Muslim American, Yonas Fikre, has stated that he was taken into custody and tortured. He was interrogated about his activities with an Oregon mosque. He was held under custody for over 100 days. He was arrested in the United Arab Emirates while trying to seek asylum in Sweden. Follow […]

Yom HaShoah- The Day of Remembrance –— “Unto Every Person There Is A Name” – A Reading of Names in Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust By Michelle Bombet Minch , Every year hundreds of Jewish communities around the world perpetuate the memory of the victims of the Holocaust […]