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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.

Children attend first Communion class at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Nashville, Tenn. (CNS photo/Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register)
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
Fifty percent or more of school age Catholics during the 2013-2014 school year were Hispanic.
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
Campers pray the rosary July 24 during Mike Sweeney Catholic Baseball Camp at the Russell Road Sports Complex in Kent, Wash. (CNS photo/Stephen Brashear)
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
The Church Visible
Mary Ann Walsh
For decades, religious orders built schools and hospitals, not retirement programs.
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
Pope Francis kisses a young girl as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Oct. 29 (CNS Photo, Paul Haring).
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
New spouses exchange rings as Pope Francis, pictured in the background, celebrates the marriage rite for 20 couples during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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
John J. DeGioia
In All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
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