By Faith Report — Since this 4th of July falls on Sunday, it’s appropriate to reflect on the special nature of our Republic, a Republic that allows us to freely exercise our religious preferences.   The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. The Constitution was ratified in 1788 […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Last Airbender By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Last Airbender—Strained 3-D fantasy adventure, set in an alternate world where some human beings have the power to “bend,” that is, control, one of the basic elements of fire, earth, air and water, and where a […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Twilight Saga: Eclipse—A well-behaved vampire (Robert Pattinson) and an equally courtly werewolf (Taylor Lautner) overcome their natural antipathy and temporarily unite to protect the teen mortal (Kristen Stewart) they both love from the threat posed […]

SCOTUS rules a Christian school group must accept homosexuals and non-Christians Oregon Faith News Note: By 5-4 decision the US Supreme Court on Monday (June 28) ruled that a Christian student group must accept homosexual  and non-Christians as members if it wants to be officially recognized by a public university. […]

Oregon Faith News Note: The point of the discussions were to help young people as they ponder some of life’s most important questions and decisions. One boy says that teenaged dating is an opportunity to find out what you like and what you don’t like in relationships to help inform […]

Oregon Faith Report Reader Survey, Just in time for the Elena Kagan Supreme Court nominee hearings. Recently we surveyed our readers this question: “Do you feel a Supreme Court nominee’s religion should be a part of the public discussion?”.  The majority, 56%,  said religion should not be part of the […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM talks with Donald Miller, author of Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation. He provides practical advice for anybody whose dad may not have been around, either physically or emotionally. The book raises awareness of America’s fatherlessness epidemic. He describes what it is like to grow […]

Graphic Novelist Completes 8 Year Mission DALLAS, June 23 — With the release of the fourth and final volume of his award-winning Eye Witness graphic novel series coming in July, author/illustrator Robert James Luedke’s, Unknown God, will complete a passion-driven mission to share the story behind the birth of the […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Grown Ups By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Grown Ups—Meandering, scattershot comedy, of interest mainly to devoted Adam Sandler fans, in which co-writer Sandler and director Dennis Dugan set out to tell the tale of five friends (Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider, […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Knight and Day By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Knight and Day—This good-natured, though intermittently violent, action-and-romance combo sees an everyday woman (Cameron Diaz) unwittingly caught up in the conflict between a highly skilled but apparently rogue CIA agent (Tom Cruise) and his former colleagues (led […]