Mark Pattison

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Mark Pattison |Kate Scanlon

Faith leaders are raising their voices in both protest and prayer over the thousands of federal government employees who have been fired or put on leave since President Donald Trump took office.

1 month ago | angelusnews.com | Grazie Christie |Robert Barron |Mark Pattison |With Grace

It’s clear that America is in the process of reassessing, and probably revolutionizing, its public health policy. That’s the expectation after the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. He brings a famously jaundiced eye to the government’s cozy relationship with pharmaceutical companies, to the politics of medical research, and — most notoriously — to vaccine schedules.

1 month ago | angelusnews.com | Justin Mclellan |Robert Barron |Mark Pattison |Scott Hahn

The morning after suffering two acute episodes of respiratory crisis, Pope Francis no longer needed oxygen through a breathing mask, the Vatican said. The crises March 3 led doctors to again put the pope on "noninvasive mechanical ventilation" -- a treatment that delivers air with added oxygen through a tightly fitted face mask and using positive pressure to assist breathing.

1 month ago | catholicreview.org | Mark Pattison

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As worshippers entered the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the noon Mass March 2, they saw at the base of the sanctuary a large portrait of a bespectacled, smiling Pope Francis, with a vase in front of the portrait bearing gold and white flowers — the colors of the Vatican flag. The pope’s health was the prime focus of the Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United States.

Nov 6, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mark Pattison

Maybe "All Are Welcome" after all. Less than a week after it had taken effect, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, rescinded his decree that blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns from use in the diocese, the most popular of them being "All Are Welcome" by Marty Haugen, the diocese told the National Catholic Reporter Nov. 6. In its place, McKnight issued a new decree calling for a consultative process in the selection of liturgical music for the central Missouri diocese.