Portland Mayor Sam Adams Press Release, This afternoon, I was joined by County Commissioner Diane McKeel, City Commissioner Dan Saltzman, and leaders in the faith and advocacy communities, to announce several advancements in the fight against juvenile human trafficking in the Portland area: * Portland Police Bureau has doubled the […]

In less than a week, Oregon has seen a botched bomb plot in downtown Portland Pioneer Square by a suspect Mohamed Mohamud who is Muslim and a retaliation arson of a Corvallis mosque that the suspect attended.   In light of the tragic events and national spotlight Oregon Faith Report has […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Burlesque By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Burlesque: Initially pleasant but ultimately sordid musical tracing the rise of an Iowa farm girl (Christina Aguilera) as she moves to Los Angeles and becomes first a waitress and then — thanks to her knock-’em-dead voice — a star […]

Freedom to mention God at graduation upheld by Montana Supreme Court HELENA, Mont.– In a legal victory brought about by The Rutherford Institute, the Montana Supreme Court has held that Butte School District No. 1 violated the First Amendment when it forbade a high school valedictorian from acknowledging “God” and […]

Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson gets attention for seemingly blaming God for critical failed catch during football game By Guest Opinion, Oregon Buffalo Bills receiver, Steve Johnson, dropped a critical catch during this weekend’s game and made headlines with his remarks which seemed to indicate that he blamed God.   Johnson’s […]

Oregon Faith Report News Note: On Sunday an arsonists torched the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center in Corvallis where the Oregon bomb plot suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud attended worship. Mohamed Osman Mohamud is under custody for trying to explode a bomb during the Portland Tree Lighting ceremony on Friday.  Most of […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Joel Oster, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, who represents a woman in a fair housing discrimination suit, who posted a note on her church bulletin saying she was looking for a Christian female roommate. Discrimination charges and investigation efforts have recently been […]

Whoopi Goldberg makes amends with Bill O’Reilly after The View walk-off over Muslims Oregon Faith Report News Note: It took me by surprise  that Whoopi Goldberg would strike up a friendship with conservative TV host Bill O’Rielly after she and others stormed off the stage during a taping of The […]

World’s First Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Holy Card The Pope’s Cologne Creates World’s First Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Holy Card SAN RAFAEL, Calif., — Smelling is believing! The Pope’s Cologne announced today that it has created the world’s first scratch ‘n’ sniff holy card. The new holy card commemorates the life and […]

Black Friday is no villain, but maybe a virtue By Guest Opinion Many years back the anti-consumerism movement began a boycott protest over the biggest shopping day of the year in Black Friday. Then environmental concerns added their voice. Now we are seeing more messages from the pulpit chastise Black […]