Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Sister Mary Ann Walsh is an author at Religion News Service.

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GUEST COMMENTARY: No `Doubt’ about it

By Sister Mary Ann Walsh — December 12, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The new movie “Doubt” sent me back to childhood and my time as a student in Catholic elementary school in upstate New York in the late 1950s. Playwright John Patrick Shanley penned the award-winning play and directed the subsequent movie. As an alumnus of a Catholic school in the […]

GUEST COMMENTARY: Pelosi flat out wrong on abortion

By Sister Mary Ann Walsh — August 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) People will use practically anything for politics, but when they use their religion it’s a bit breathtaking. Nancy Pelosi left a lot of Catholics gasping Sunday morning (Aug. 24) when she skewed Catholic teaching on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and erroneously suggested the church did not always oppose abortion. […]

GUEST COMMENTARY: Jesus didn’t ride a donkey to the Grand Old Party

By Sister Mary Ann Walsh — August 13, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ God hasn’t signed on to any party roster, but you can’t fault the Democrats or Republicans for that. Both parties strive to say they represent religion, and each one heralds the aspects of Catholicism it holds most dear. The Republicans claim to be pro-life, as they define the […]
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