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- Nov 28, 2020
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Oregon archbishop shows frustration over new state limits on faith gatherings
- Nov 21, 2020
Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland publicly expressed “great disappointment and frustration” over Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s new statewide restrictions that limit faith gatherings to 25 people.
Exorcism: Increasingly frequent, including after US protests
- Oct 31, 2020
In popular culture, exorcism often serves as a plot device in chilling films about demonic possession. This month, two Catholic archbishops showed a different face of exorcism – performing the rite at well-attended outdoor ceremonies to drive out any evil spirits lingering after acrimonious protests.
Archbishop leads rosary, exorcism to bring peace to Portland
- Oct 19, 2020
Portland Archbishop Alexander K. Sample offered a rosary for peace and conducted an exorcism for a city that has witnessed peaceful racial justice protests peppered with riots for more than four months.
‘You are not alone,’ Oregon archbishop tells victims of wildfires
- Sep 22, 2020
Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland visited Southern Oregon Sept. 19-20 to meet some of the hundreds of people who lost homes earlier in the month to powerful wind-driven fires.
Portland archbishop urges end to violence, return to campaign for justice
- Jul 28, 2020
As the national spotlight landed on his city and its ongoing protests, Portland Archbishop Alexander K. Sample July 24 made a plea for citizens to leave violence behind and return to a campaign for racial justice.
Inmate lived inspiring Catholic life behind bars, ‘serving God, not time’
- Jun 27, 2020
In 1993, 39-year-old nuclear engineer Hal Elkins hit the bottle and fell into a jealous rage and shot his girlfriend, Kathryn Linn, and the man she was with, Marvin Eugene Mayer. Within a decade, other inmates would be calling Elkins “the Bishop of OSP.”
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