The article focuses on the letter from Portland, Oregon Archbishop John G. Vlazny to the state's Catholics which emphasizes the positive developments in the church in 2006. The failure of the bankruptcy case of the archdiocese t...
January 16, 1937. Ordained December 21, 1963, George was ordained to the priesthood at his home parish of St. Pascal Church. On July 10, 1990, George was appointed the fifth Bishop of Yakima in Washington. On April 30, 1996, George was appointed the ninth Archbishop of Portland in Orego...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against South African apartheid, spoke to a Portland audience April 9 on "Increasing Awareness About Human Rights and Social Issues in Africa." In the final lecture of the World Affairs Council of Oregon's ...