John L. Allen Jr.

John L. Allen Jr. was staff writer, Vatican correspondent and senior correspondent for NCR from 1997 until 2014 when he joined Cruxnow.org. 

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Move over, NY and Milan; in the Church of the future, it's all about Kinshasa

One direction, two speeds in Europe on gay unions, depending on Catholic Church

New Vatican documents on bioethics, natural law; no change on condoms, official says

Abbe Pierre, French hero, dies at 94

Progress with Vietnam but no swift breakthrough, official says

Toronto's new archbishop and the \"respected other\"

New Mexico bishops blast cockfighting

U.K. the latest front in clash between gay rights, Catholic identity

Debating euthanasia, gay unions in the pope's backyard

American to become Vatican's top diplomat on nukes

'France's Mother Teresa' dead at 94; supported married men, women as priests

How to avoid the steamroller of cultural 'hybridization'

Warnings about 'jaws of Hell,' hope for revolution at U.N. panel on inter-faith dialogue

Will Ecuador's new leftist leader follow the model of Chavez or Lula vis-a-vis the Church?

Madrid archdiocese vetoes female theologian for ecumenical service

Kentucky lawsuit asks, "Is every bishop an 'agent' of the Vatican?"

In Poland, ëa feeling of a new beginning'

Trautman says change on 'pro multis' may confuse teaching that Christ died for all

Amid new allegations, crisis deepens in Polish Church

Archbishop of Warsaw resigns, Weigel warns of future 'blackmail'

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