COMMENTARY | Political discourse should promote the common good Editor's note: The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an organization of Catholic women, sent the following letter to the 2016 presidential candidates, asking them to insert civi ...
25 Aug 2016 - Sister Joan Mar...
Words of wisdom from the pope, authors, entertainers and more Pope Francis in an interview with the International Network of Street Papers: "Jesus came into our world without a home, and he chose poverty. The church seeks to embrace us all and says t ...
23 Dec 2015 - Street Roots Staff
Less than two weeks before hosting a West Coast summit of his peers, Portland’s mayor talks about the critical agenda items. Street Roots recently sat down with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and talked about homelessness and climate change. Hales will be j ...
25 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer
Jackie Yerby and community advocates, along with a group of Catholic Oregonians, are leading a campaign to support marriage equality in Oregon. The group titled Catholic Oregonians for Marriage Equality was developed in response to Portland Archbishop Ale ...
26 Mar 2014 - Israel Bayer