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Amid trans ideology dispute, Portland Archdiocese temporarily closes department of schools

June 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 47

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, has temporarily shut down its Department of Catholic Schools as teachers and parents feud with Archbishop Alexander Sampl… […]

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A Catholic Response to Gender Identity Theory addresses “tsunami” of gender ideology

February 16, 2023 Jim Graves 40

Archbishop Alexander Sample of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon released A Catholic Response to Gender Identity Theory: Catechesis and Pastoral Guidelines on January 25th. In an introductory letter, he explained that its purpose is […]

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Portland archdiocese asks its schools to follow COVID vaccine mandate, but will consider conscience exemptions

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 8

Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland in Oregon. / Addie Mena/CNA.

Portland, Ore., Aug 31, 2021 / 14:33 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon responded Monday to a new state COVID-19 vaccine mandate, noting that Catholic schools in t… […]

Features

Into the Belly of the Beast: A day with the Urban Missionaries of the Heart of Christ

July 10, 2021 S. Kirk Pierzchala 10

The setting sun filters through drifts of flame-red poppies and wildflowers nestled in the golden, sun-bleached grass. Wild rabbits emerge briefly from banks of blackberries, only to flit back into the cool shadows. As a […]

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Portland archbishop welcomes ‘Eucharistic Revival,’ emphasizes worthy reception of Communion

June 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Alexander Sample during Mass at St. John the Baptist Church in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 2019. / Ed Langlois

Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon last week praised a new “Eucharis… […]

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More prelates reject delays of US bishops’ discussion of Eucharistic coherence

May 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The USCCB autumn general assembly in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2018. / Christine Rousselle/CNA.

Denver Newsroom, May 27, 2021 / 16:58 pm (CNA).
More Catholic bishops have spoken out in support of continuing as planned the process to address “Eucharist… […]

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News Briefs

Local Catholic association supports physicians in their vocation

May 11, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Dr. Saad Jazrawi, president of the Portland Catholic Physicians Guild, holds daughter Samar, age 7 months, during a dinner following the annual White Mass for Catholic health care workers in 2019. “If I combine my faith and my work, I’m a better … […]

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Portland archbishop thanks pope for Vatican ‘no’ to same-sex blessings

March 24, 2021 CNA Daily News 2

Portland, Ore., Mar 24, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland in Oregon on Tuesday thanked Pope Francis for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s recent affirmation of the Church’s teaching on marriage a… […]

Features

“Without the Eucharist, we can’t exist”: Reviving beauty and reverence in the Mass

July 19, 2018 Paul Senz 5

The annual Sacred Liturgy Conference – with inspiring talks, gorgeous music, and beautiful liturgies – comes again to western Oregon […]

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Sacred Liturgy Conference in southern Oregon highlights the beauty, truth of Church’s worship

July 20, 2017 Paul Senz 10

The Second Vatican Council famously declared in its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church that the Holy Eucharist is the source and summit, the “fount and apex,” of the Christian life (Lumen Gentium 11). There is […]

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Full text: Pope Francis’ Angelus address

Catherine Harmon June 30, 2013 0

Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ Angelus address, delivered today to a large crowd assembled in St. Peter’s Square. Via Vatican Radio. ***  Dear brothers and sisters, This Sunday’s Gospel (Lk 9:51-62) shows […]

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