Oregon Judge Declares Pandemic Orders Null and Void By Pacific Justice Institute, Media Contact: Brad Dacus, 916-616-4126 (Spanish: 206-257-3239) Salem, OR — An Oregon judge ruled today that Gov. Kate Brown’s pandemic-related executive orders exceeded her authority. The case was filed by numerous churches and people of faith who were […]

By Oregon Right to Life, Half of my staff is working remotely but as hard as ever. On May 6, joined dozens of leaders around the country in a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, urging him to take action to stop the […]

By Coptic Solidarity, A Coptic woman, Ranya Abd al-Masih (“servant of Christ”), 39, disappeared in Egypt on April 22, 2020, only to resurface days later in a recorded video. Ranya was dressed in a black niqab for the video, claimed to have converted to Islam, and did not want contact […]

Pacific Justice Institute, Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) sued Oregon Gov. Kate Brown this week on behalf of churches and churchgoers statewide, seeking to invalidate three of the coronavirus-related executive orders on constitutional procedural grounds. PJI filed the lawsuit in Baker County on the Idaho border. PJI, along with Common Sense […]

By Faith News Note, KPTV FOX-12 is reporting on a Vancouver church, Living Hope Church, that has opened its services in parking lot where the attendees are people in their car. One of the church members stated, “It’s awesome to be able to get out during this quarantine time and […]

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest attack on religious liberty: The assault on religious liberty quickened when dozens of international left-wing organizations recently signed a statement lecturing the U.S. State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights. Leading the pack are […]

Let’s pray for our nation, state, county & city on this year’s National Day of Prayer . . . Join us for our Oregon NDP gatherings starting at 8am. Prayer leaders from the following 9 cities will join together on a ZOOM video call, which will be LIVE stream to […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, The Archdiocese of Portland has announced that Catholic churches in Western Oregon will re-open and will be limited to 25 people per church. Churches will be open during the week to accommodate more people. This ruling effects over 152 churches in the state. “There’s nothing […]

Holt International, Worldwide ministry based in Eugene Oregon Since April 22, we have heard from a number of families concerned about President Trump’s executive order suspending immigration to the U.S. during the economic recovery period following the COVID-19 pandemic. Holt has now received confirmation that this suspension does not apply […]

By Liberty Counsel, Attorney General William Barr has issued a statement directing “prosecutors to prioritize cases against those seeking to illicitly profit from the pandemic,” including where government officials have violated the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individuals and imposed special restrictions and discriminatory treatment on religious activity and […]