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May 11, 2022 - Wyden: Exempt trafficking survivors’ restitution from taxes

US Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, released the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed their bipartisan Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary awards given to human trafficking survivors from federal income […]


May 9, 2022 - Insider view of helping Ukrainian refugees

By Mercy Corp. News Release Oregon headquartered international charity The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is increasingly dire and desperate, thousands of people have been injured or killed. The ongoing war has torn families apart and millions have fled the country in search of safety. Meanwhile countless more people remain trapped […]


May 6, 2022 - Save the Storks announces 30 new mobile medical buses

Save the Storks announces its highest-volume production schedule yet of its mobile medical units to serve pregnant women across the United States BY Save the Storks COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 7, 2022 /Christian Newswire/ — Save the Storks is for every woman and continues to live up to that promise […]


May 4, 2022 - Oregon to host 51 National Prayer Day events

By Oregon Faith News Note, Below is a sample of the 51 events being held in Oregon to honor the Thursday May 5th National Prayer Day event. There are * ADDITIONAL DETAILS * behind each event and can be found at the National website in the event section.   Oregon […]


May 2, 2022 - Happy Ending without an End

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon headquartered ministry In light of Nanci’s departure to be with Jesus four weeks ago, a kind sister reached out to me, saying she was hoping and praying that I felt the closeness of Jesus. I told her that I do indeed sense His […]


April 29, 2022 - Legalizing marijuana is a death sentence

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses a bill being taken up by the Senate. To read his longer piece, the one sent to Senators, click here. On April 1, 2022, the House of Representatives voted 220-204 to decriminalize marijuana. The bill will […]


April 27, 2022 - Portland Archbishop signs letter to Germany bishops

Portland Archbishop, Press Release, April 12, 2022 I decided to sign on to this open letter to my brother bishops in Germany out of a deep concern and love for our Holy Mother, the Church. In this age of rapid and widespread global communication, what happens in one part of […]


April 25, 2022 - Handbook addresses vulnerabilities in your church

By Kevin Palau, Human trafficking can impact people anywhere because there are vulnerable people everywhere. Simply put, whether it’s for sex, labor, or domestic servitude, human trafficking is the exploitation of vulnerability for commercial gain. What can your church do about it? For this reason, Let My People Go has […]


April 21, 2022 - BIDEN TO GUT HEALTHCARE CONSCIENCE RIGHTS

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on plans by the Biden administration to end conscience protections for healthcare workers: In May 2019, President Donald Trump spoke from the Rose Garden about the conscience rights of healthcare workers. He addressed the final new […]


April 20, 2022 - NW group aiding Ukrainians in Moldova

Medical Teams International, An Oregon headquartered charity Coram Deo is Medical Teams’ former partner in Moldova. Currently, in response to the Ukraine refugee crisis, Coram Deo prepares hygiene kits and boxes of food on a daily basis and drops them off at a refugee transit center. Volunteers distribute the hygiene kits […]