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Mary Ann Walsh, R.S.M., is America's U.S. Church Correspondent. She is responsible for planning and producing America’s coverage of the U.S. Church. In addition to feature writing, Sr. Walsh makes contributions to America’s blogs and other digital platforms and will wrote a column on the U.S. Church for the print edition. She served as a correspondent for Catholic News Service in Rome and Washington and as director of communications for World Youth Day in Denver in 1993. She then began her work in media relations for the U.S. bishops. She is an award-winning writer and has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today and Editor & Publisher, among others, and is the editor of three books:Pope John Paul II: A Light for the WorldFrom John Paul II to Benedict XVI: An Inside Look at the End of an Era…; and Benedict XVI: Essays and Reflections on His Papacy.

Sister Mary Ann Walsh and Brian Williams at the Catholic Common Ground Initiative's annual Philip J. Murnion Lecture at The Catholic University of America in 2008. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
Brian Williams draws my sympathy The NBC anchorman sits in the awkward position of having to be an easy-to-look-at newsreader and a model of absolute trust He never graduated from college though he did a stint at The Catholic University of America in Washington D C But like other newsmakers i
Mother holds sick child while waiting for pope in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 19 (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn).
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
Pope Francis rsquo s daily homilies offer spiritual nuggets He offered one sleeper on January 26 when he said that it is women who transmit the faith The concept has been offered before but sometimes it has seemed to be a mere platitude to appease women who may feel underappreciated in the church
Pope Francis holds a rose and chocolates thrown by a person in the crowd as he arrives for an audience for engaged couples in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 14, Valentine's Day. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
Sister Mary Ann Walsh sends her love and appreciation.
Mary Ann Walsh
When it comes to women and men in U.S. society, there is no equality yet. But in the United States, the church is ahead of most Fortune 500 companies and even the White House. When you look at the numbers and take ordination—a doctrinal question—off the table, women do better in the chur
A student meeting at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill..
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
The important moral question of how much tuition debt is justified cannot be dismissed.
Mary Ann Walsh
Looking over Pope Francis rsquo pontificate so far I think his greatest contribution may be his telling us how to spread the Gospel He uses simple words and vibrant images He stands as an example of how priests should give homilies and how all of us can evangelize that is spread the Gospel He
The Church Visible
Mary Ann Walsh
Preparation for the October 2015 Synod on the Family may help the U.S. church face pressing problems.The church faces a challenge of disunity, some of it from polarization. Threats to unity have crept into the church from adversarial politics that permeate cultural warfare and political skirmishes r
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
We didn't know yet what Christmas in the convent meant.
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
New appointment in the diocese of Burlington Vermont where Auxiliary Bishop Christopher Coyne of Indianapolis has been named bishop Bishop Coyne 56 is a prelate who believes in the digital world and became comfortable with social media when it was just becoming known He evangelizes where young
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
Answer may lie in the fact that she opted for a “sister-to-sister” dialogue.