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Baker Diocese plans ordination, installation of Bishop-Elect Hennen
The event will be Monday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Bend. Tickets are required, and the event will be livestreamed.
Aug 31, 2025


Pope challenges world's youth to open hearts, welcome the Lord
More than a million young people hear Pope Leo XIV challenge them to "open wide your hearts."
Aug 31, 2025


A day to pray and fast, a sobering list of names and possible papal trip
Pope Leo calls for day of fasting and praying, cardinal reads aloud names of dead children in the Israel-Palestine conflict and Vatican considers first foreign papal trip.
Aug 21, 2025


Online: Culture war, immigration arrests in churches and St. Agatha parents act
Recent news stories link the Catholic Church to continued culture war, deportation arrests and concerned parents at St. Agatha's Parish.
Aug 16, 2025


Arrests, deportations spur more Catholic leaders to defend immigrants, refugees
Pixabay illustration More Catholic leaders are speaking out to defend the role of immigrants in the Catholic Church and American culture...
Jul 30, 2025


Pope Leo XIV appoints Rev. Thomas Hennen as bishop of the Diocese of Baker — youngest bishop to lead a U.S. diocese
“It’s more important that I’m baptized than I am your bishop because that’s the relationship we build on.” Pope Leo XIV has appointed the...
Jul 22, 2025
The Madeleine Parish 24th Haitian Project Garage Sale
Friday, Saturday, Sunday August 1 & 2 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. August 3 (half price day) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Madeleine Parish 3123 NE 24th in...
Jul 9, 2025


Immigrants help fill Catholic Church pews
The American Catholic Church, often described as “a church of immigrants,” is still precisely that. The Pew Research Center reported this...
Jul 8, 2025


Catholicism online: Eastern church, writer O'Connor and Portland procession
Recent online articles call Catholics to reject “fake news,” remember the Eastern Church, revisit the unsettling faithfulness of writer...
Jun 29, 2025
New parish assignments
Effective July 1, 2025 Parish assignments and priest updates: archdpdx.org/news/parish-assignments-and-priest-updates
Jun 16, 2025
Diaconate ordinations
Saturday, June 21 11 a.m. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception N.W. 18th & Couch Nicholas Martell Shawn Daniel Zachary Muñoz
Jun 16, 2025


Pope Leo XIV delivers his first address to America
“We may find that coming together in friendship, building up community, we too can find true meaning in our lives,” Pope Leo XIV Pope...
Jun 16, 2025


Former archbishop Vlazny dies
Archbishop Emeritus John G. Vlazny died Friday, May 23, at his home in Beaverton.
May 25, 2025


Mary models certainty in uneasy times
May is the month Catholics devote to Mary, who believed before she gave birth to Jesus.
May 16, 2025


University Mass for Pope Leo XIV
The University of Portland plans a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV.
May 12, 2025


New pope sparks insights of all sorts
Now that the white smoke has drifted away, the media discussion is underway.
May 9, 2025


Pope Leo XIV first American pope
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the successor to Pope Francis on Thursday, May 8 when he was elected by the College of Cardinals.
May 8, 2025


Left behind
Mourning the late Pope Francis: "I am surprised at how truly heavy my heart is over his death."
May 1, 2025


Vatican releases pope's funeral program
The Vatican has released the libretto, or program, for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, April 26.
Apr 24, 2025


Publisher's Message
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio departed Buenos Aires, Argentina, in March 2013 to attend the conclave to elect the next pope. He never...
Apr 21, 2025


Pope Francis dies at 88
Pope Francis, after surprising Vatican visitors with brief appearances on Easter weekend, died Monday morning. He was 88.
Apr 21, 2025
Pope Francis' Easter Message
"Brothers and sisters, during this Jubilee Year in particular, we should feel strongly within us the summons to let the hope of Easter...
Apr 19, 2025


Easter greetings, then and now
"Christ is risen!"
"Christ is risen indeed!"
The traditional Easter greeting is as important as ever.
Apr 17, 2025


Announcement: Book Release
Hope: The Autobiography By Pope Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio Historic Hope is the first autobiography in history to be published by a...
Apr 16, 2025
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