By Oregon Faith News Note, Many members of the Abu-Baker Islamic Center in Northeast Portland remained shaken and afraid after a man in a hoodie with gloves and a mosque cap recently disrupted the end of morning prayers, shouting Allahu Akbar several times before saying, “If you stand up, you […]

—Keith Palau Luis Palau Facebook, Can it really have been five years since our father, Luis Palau, went to be with the Lord? Few days ever pass without me thinking of him in some way. Great memories of being with him all over the world, from childhood on—with a common […]

By Corban University, Salem based University “Where is God when terrible things happen? … In the people who love Him, who experience the reality of His presence and who allow His love to overflow onto the people around them.” — Corrie ten Boom Corban University Theatre’s production of The Hiding […]

University of Portland to Host Second AI Conference for Catholic Education in June University of Portland, February 16, 2026 As artificial intelligence continues to redefine—and upend—so many aspects of our human experience, the finest minds in Catholic education are banding together, once again, to light a principled path through technology […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon headquartered ministry When I anticipate my first glimpse of Heaven, I think of the first time I went snorkeling. It was absolutely breathtaking. There were thousands of fish of every shape and size and color, and just when you think you’ve seen the […]

Oregon Legislature Passes Bill Creating Permanent State Taxpayer Funding for Oregon Planned Parenthood  By Oregon Right to Life, SALEM, Ore. — Pro-abortion Oregon lawmakers on Friday passed House Bill 4127 to require the Oregon Health Authority to adopt a mechanism to fund the state’s Planned Parenthood facilities on an ongoing […]

The United States Postal Service just released this year their new postage stamp and it features the amazing historical figure Phillis Wheatley.  Mrs. Wheatley was an African American poet during the Revolutionary War. At the same time the United States Postal Service released these stamps, the Oregon 250 Resolution honoring […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced their bipartisan, bicameral Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to boost security of electronic SNAP benefit cards amid a sharp rise in theft by hackers and scammers. Representatives Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., […]

By Barran Leibman Law, February 19, 2026 Last month, a 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of the Washington Law Against Discrimination (“WLAD”) against the Union Gospel Mission of Yakima (“Union Gospel”). The panel based its decision on the “church […]

By Portland Archdiocese, On Sunday, February 22, Archbishop Alexander Sample addressed 615 catechumens and candidates who are preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter, part of more than 1,600 across western Oregon. In his Lenten homily, the Archbishop reflected on the ancient roots of the Rite of Election, the […]