Fifty percent or more of school age Catholics during the 2013-2014 school year were Hispanic.
Mary Ann Walsh
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 World; From John Paul II to Benedict XVI: An Inside Look at the End of an Era…; and Benedict XVI: Essays and Reflections on His Papacy.
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Election of Bishop Coyne to Communications Chair: More of the Francis Effect?
Election of Bishop Christopher Coyne auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis as chairman-elect of the U S Bishops rsquo Communications Committee may be another blessing of the Pope Francis effect nbsp Bishop Coyne was a last minute addition to the two-man slate for chair-elect of the communications c
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Time for Détente between Church and Youth Sports
It may be time for d tente between youth-oriented programs and parishes I offer this suggestion after hearing about a parish on Long Island which prepared a sixth grade reconciliation service for its religious education students Only two-thirds of the expected students showed up The reason The s
Posted inThe Church Visible
Retiring With Dignity
For decades, religious orders built schools and hospitals, not retirement programs.
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Interview with Kathleen McChesney on Sexual Abuse of Minors by Clergy
Kathleen McChesney in 2002 was a top executive at the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI McChesney left the FBI after 24 years of law enforcement service there and became head of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB Secretariat for the Protection of Child and Young People She signe
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Steady Steadman named LCWR Executive Director
The appointment of Holy Cross Sister Joan Marie Steadman as executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious bodes well for the organization that serves superiors of about 80 percent of the women rsquo s religious orders in the United States Aptly named Steadman brings experience
Posted inIn All Things
Room for Forgiveness, Caring and Starting Over in the Church
As the occasional wag has said The New York Times is fascinated by the Catholic Church because it cannot imagine any other institution that claims infallibility That came to mind October 26 when columnist Ross Douthat cavalierly suggested that Catholics help Pope Francis exercise his Petrine minis
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The Role of an Archbishop: An Interview with Cardinal Francis George
Cardinal Francis George O M I of Chicago gives up pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Chicago on Nov 18 when Archbishop Blase Cupich becomes Chicago rsquo s next episcopal leader Here is an e-mail Q amp A that Cardinal George a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate O M I granted t
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Immodest proposal: Withdrawal of Church from Civil Marriage Business
The idea that the Catholic Church in the United States should get out of the civil marriage business drew new attention on October 20th when Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia tossed out the proposal in Manhattan at a lecture sponsored by the journal First Things The archbishop did not forma
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A Tale of Three Colleges, Part III: Georgetown University
This is part three of a three-part series on Catholic colleges and universities led today by lay leaders after a history of priests or women religious at their helms Read Part 1 on Trinity University Washington nbsp here nbsp and part 2 on the Catholic University of America here Questions focused o