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Staff and parishioners at Holy Redeemer, a Catholic Church in North Portland, are boarding up ahead of Friday night's planned demonstrations.

At the May 17 meeting of parishes from the North and Northeast Portland Vicariate, parish leaders reported parishioners’ joy in the sacramental and commun

Graffiti on the doors of Holy Redeemer Church in North Portland was discovered early July 12. “It’s a crime and the police are looking into it,” but it’s not the persistent vandalism that’s occurred nationwide and locally, said Holy Cross Fr. Michael Belinsky, parochial vicar. “We have not been subject to that,” he said, nor to the relentless, violent persecution Christians face in other parts of the globe. (Courtesy Mark Kirchmeier) A vandal spray painted the ground in front of St. Patrick Church in Northwest Portlan...

Fires, graffiti, red paint are among ways Portland churches vandalized St. Francis of Assisi Church in Southeast Portland, Ore., is seen July 1, 2021, with red paint marking its doors, columns and steps. A group of protesters, including a number of children, dipped their hands in the paint and left the markings. A poster for the protest called it "a silent march and vigil to honor the Indigenous children and survivors of the U.S. and Canadian residential/boarding schools." (CNS photo/Father George Kuforiji, courtesy Catholic Sentinel) By Katie Scott • Catholic News Service • Posted July ...