Want to learn the secrets of the universe and discover the true nature of reality?  Do you have at least $100 and a half day to spend attending a workshop?  If so, that’s enough to get you started on the path toward enlightenment.  For an additional $299 and two ongoing […]

By Bill Graves Religion News Service A Coquille Indian Tribe law allowing same-sex marriage took effect this week, and two women married Sunday (May 24) on the tribe’s reservation in Coos Bay, Ore.  Kitzen Branting, 26, and her partner, Jeni Branting, 28, who now live in Edmonds, Wash., became the […]

California Family Council, SACRAMENTO, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ — Today the California Supreme Court rendered its opinion regarding Proposition 8, upholding the traditional definition of marriage in the state Constitution. By a vote of the people in the November, 2008 general election, Prop 8 has been in place in the […]

Below is a video of Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish at a City Council meeting confessing his initial skepticism of Luis Palau’s Season of Service and his current praise for the outreach which has brought  thousands fo volunteers to help the needy Portland.

Jeannie St. John Taylor, Oregon Author, Culture Proof Kids I want to use Memorial Day to honor my nephew a member of the US Air Force and a local hero for saving another person’s life.  Watch his amazing story on the video below and read the further story about his […]

Archbishop to ordain seven priests and two others to be ordained in Argentina By Portland Archdiocese, Archbishop John G. Vlazny will ordain seven men as priests for the Archdiocese of Portland on Saturday, June 13 at St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass of Ordination will begin at […]

The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life held a conference call with journalists to discuss the release of a new Pew Forum survey that documents the fluidity of religious affiliation in the U.S. and describes the patterns and major reasons for change. “Faith in Flux: Changes in […]

New Tenth Avenue North Music Video Highlights Work of Billy Graham Rapid Response Team. Video for GMA Dove Award-Winning Band’s Hit Song “By Your Side” Complements New TV Special on Chaplain Ministry

Portland Archdiocese, The parish of St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the Archdiocese of Portland’s Department of Evangelization announce the second “Blessing of the Bikes,” on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 2 PM in the courtyard of the Cathedral.  The parish is located at the corner of NW […]

By Traci Scott, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral of Portland recently hosted a series of faith and ethics forums that pertain to immigration reform.  Topics included the following; Immigration, Humanity and the Church, Labor and Community, Economics of Immigration Reform and Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  Led by parishioner Jeff Stone, Oregon Association of […]