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Mark Pattison

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

Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record

May 20, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

“If we can delay an Olympics for a year because of a pandemic, surely we can delay the Olympics for a year because of a genocide,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.

Catholic actors Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson begin film on priest’s life

May 10, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Filming has begun on “Stu,” which tells the story of a Father Stuart Long, a onetime boxer who became a priest and died in 2014.

San Diego bishop: Don’t weaponize the Eucharist for political ends

May 6, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

“The Eucharist must never be instrumentalized for a political end, no matter how important,” said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego in a May 5 essay published on the website of America magazine, the Jesuit journal.

Network Catholic social justice lobby to get its first lay leader

March 24, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News

Network, the Catholic social justice lobby that has been run by women religious since its founding 50 years ago, will get its first lay leader effective April 6.

Easter church attendance likely to be far behind pre-pandemic levels

March 23, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Easter, Feature, News, World News

Only 3% of Catholic churches in the United States are open and having Mass as they had before the pandemic, according to a new Pew Research Center report issued March 22.

‘Francis Factor’ still resonates eight years into his papacy

March 22, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The qualities embodied in Pope Francis’ papacy that led to the coinage of the term “Francis Factor” to define them still exist, according to participants on a panel during a March 18 dialogue.

John Sweeney dies; child of Irish immigrants was national labor leader

February 3, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News

John Sweeney, who led the AFL-CIO for 14 years from 1995 to 2009, and headed one of the nation’s largest unions, the Service Employees International Union, for 15 years before that, died Feb. 1 at age 86 at his home in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland

Pro-life witness is rooted in the Eucharist, Archbishop Lori says

January 29, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

“The Eucharist unites and strengthens us in our efforts to secure justice for the unborn, and to create a culture wherein every human life is cherished, nurtured and protected from the moment of conception until natural death,” said Archbishop Lori, chairman-elect of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.

Archbishop Naumann criticizes Biden, hopes for change from courts at vigil Mass

January 29, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities called President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion “religiously and ethically incoherent” during his homily at the opening Mass of the annual National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 28.

Nine Catholics nominated to Cabinet-level jobs in Biden administration

January 26, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News

In what may be an all-time high, President Joe Biden has nominated nine Catholics to serve in his Cabinet.

Home run king Hank Aaron overcame racism to excel on and off the field

January 22, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News

Hank Aaron, who was baseball’s home run king for 33 years, overcame racism to make his mark in the game he loved. Aaron died Jan. 22 at age 86.

Leaders of both parties join Biden, Harris for Mass of thanksgiving

January 20, 2021
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News

Hours before his inauguration as president, Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris were joined by the spouses and congressional leaders from both political parties for what was termed a Mass of thanksgiving early Jan. 20 at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington.

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