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Mark Pattison writes for Catholic News Service.

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Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom and former Kansas governor, is seen in Washington, May 24, 2018. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

World

U.S. seeks release of religious minorities imprisoned in other nations

Mark Pattison|Apr 17, 2020|3 Min Read

Heidi Vass is seen in this undated photo. She is the music director at La Reina High School and Middle School in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and is currently on the voice faculty at California Lutheran University. (CNS photo/courtesy Heidi Vass)

Music teacher keeps students tuned in via weekly community psalm sing

Mark Pattison|Apr 15, 2020|3 Min Read

A paper cutout of a person sits at an empty table at a bagel cafe during the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle March 27, 2020. Outreach efforts by Catholic agencies continue in large part during the virus-mandated restrictions. (CNS photo/Lindsey Wasson, Reuters)

Service agencies find workarounds for virus-mandated restrictions

Mark Pattison|Mar 31, 2020|5 Min Read

A man who was injured during violent protests is seen at a hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan. 16, 2019. The U.S. State Department has issued its annual "country reports" on human rights. (CNS photo/Philimon Bulawayo, Reuters)

World

State Department examines human rights issues in China, Myanmar, elsewhere

Mark Pattison|Mar 17, 2020|4 Min Read

President Donald J. Trump speaks Jan. 24, 2020, during the annual March for Life rally in Washington. The latest Pew survey on religion and politics shows a big divide between white Christian and minority Christians, and non-Christian groups over their views of Trump. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Pew survey shows divide among religious believers over views about Trump

Mark Pattison|Mar 12, 2020|4 Min Read

Scene from "Sema." (D.C. Independent Film Festival)

Congolese rape survivors band together to change country's future

Mark Pattison|Mar 10, 2020|3 Min Read

A construction worker uses a grinder on a metal beam at a construction site in Los Angeles Aug. 10, 2017. The Catholic Labor Network, through its Mid-Atlantic Construction Wage Theft Project, is looking into the issue of "wage theft," the denial of pay or benefits rightfully owed to workers. The project has sent a man to construction sites in Maryland and the District of Columbia to talk to workers to learn who hired them and how much they're getting paid. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

Wage theft: An underreported crime

Mark Pattison|Feb 21, 2020|6 Min Read

A wooden cross is seen in front of a Catholic church as a fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle being cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Brazil, Aug.27, 2019. The Vatican released Pope Francis' post-synodal apostolic exhortation, "Querida Amazonia" (Beloved Amazonia), Feb. 12, 2020. (CNS photo/Ricardo Moraes, Reuters)

World

Bishops worldwide laud 'Querida Amazonia' exhortation

Mark Pattison|Feb 12, 2020|6 Min Read

Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison, Wis., blesses a mosaic of Blessed Frederic Ozanam at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Jan. 26, 2020. Ozanam was part of a group of young Catholic intellectuals in the 19th century who discussed literature, history and society, while also visiting the poor and sick at home. The group founded what came to be known as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which is still active worldwide. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Faith

Mosaic of Blessed Frederic Ozanam unveiled at basilica in Washington

Mark Pattison|Jan 30, 2020|3 Min Read

This is a still from the "Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story," a film by Martin Doblmeier. (CNS photo/courtesy Journey Films)

Even before PBS airing, Dorothy Day film tops Amazon documentary chart

Mark Pattison|Jan 29, 2020|4 Min Read

Limnyuy Konglim, head of the International Catholic Migration Commission's U.S. Liaison Office in Washington, is pictured in an undated photo. During a Jan. 15, 2020, hearing on human trafficking on Capitol Hill, Konglim testified that "faith-based actors" play a "critical role" in protecting both communities and individuals. (CNS photo/courtesy U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.)

Hearing cites successes, undone work in protecting trafficking victims

Mark Pattison|Jan 16, 2020|4 Min Read

A destroyed home is seen Jan. 8, 2020, following an earthquake in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, offered "my prayerful solidarity" to the people of Puerto Rico after a series of earthquakes killed at least one person and destroyed one Catholic church. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)

Residents fear what may come next after quakes, archbishop says

Mark Pattison|Jan 13, 2020|4 Min Read

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