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Mark Pattison

Mark Pattison writes for the Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington.

Catholic Church taking fresh look at ministry on HBCU campuses

December 7, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

The church is taking a fresh look at ministry at the United States’ historically Black colleges and universities.

Bishops affirm dioceses’ sainthood causes for three U.S. laypeople

November 17, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News

The U.S. bishops agreed Nov. 17 that the sainthood causes for three laypeople from the United States should be advanced by their respective dioceses.

Proposed Eucharist document needs consensus, dialogue panelists say

November 4, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News

The much-awaited proposed statement on the Eucharist from the U.S. bishops is striving for a consensus that may be hard to come by, said a longtime church journalist.

Effort needed to bridge racial divide in church, society, says Black bishop

October 12, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

The racial divide in American society and within the Catholic Church is one that needs to be bridged so that healing and progress can take place, said retired Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois.

Chaplains recount ministry during 9/11 attacks in New York

September 11, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News

As the World Trade Center was attacked on Sept 11, 2001, first responders of all kinds did all they could in the hours and days after the towers’ fall to bring comfort and hope to those devastated by the terrorist act.

What was, what might have been, what could be: War money spent elsewhere

September 9, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News

The “Costs of War Research Series” by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs puts the price tag over the past 20 years at $8 trillion, more than double the infrastructure bill’s projected cost.

First-person accounts of religious repression punctuate summit

July 18, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

Testimony from survivors of religious repression punctuated the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington.

Catholic Media Association head Tim Walter prepares for his exit after 13 years as its head

June 26, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News

Tim Walter, executive director of the Catholic Media Association since 2008, is preparing for his exit after heading the organization over the past 13 years.

Bishop Rhoades says norms were never intent of potential document on Eucharist

June 17, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops' Meeting - Spring 2021, World News

Creating national norms was never the intent behind a proposal to write a new statement on the Eucharist, said Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.

Nuncio points to dialogue as a step toward unity after pandemic

June 16, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops' Meeting - Spring 2021, World News

The papal nuncio to the United States told the U.S. bishops that dialogue is a key step on the path to unity as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.

Twin seminarians at Baltimore seminary following one after the other into the priesthood

June 8, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

There may be one way to tell the Daghir twins apart: Ben is further ahead than Luke in his graduate seminary work. Ben was ordained a transitional deacon in May, and if all goes well, will be ordained to the priesthood for the twins’ native Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, over the Memorial Day weekend next year.

Report shows 19,000 U.S. deacons; age, retirement are factors for diaconate

June 3, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: deacons, Feature, News, Vocations, World News

Based on responses to a questionnaire sent to all U.S. dioceses, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates there are about 19,000 deacons in the United States today.

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