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 20, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Four Portland Catholic churches have been vandalized in the span of about six weeks.