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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Explosive sex abuse lawsuit against Vatican dropped

Facing bad press, the Vatican comes out swinging

The Vatican gets religion on fighting abuse

Vatican ridicules report of plot to kill the pope

Vatican abuse summit: Web-based 'Center for Child Protection' launched

Vatican abuse summit: A 'new baseline' for the church

Vatican abuse summit: 'We don't want to repeat U.S., Irish mistakes'

Roman notebook: Yet another Vatican financial scandal

Vatican abuse summit: $2.2 billion and 100,000 victims in U.S. alone

Vatican abuse summit: 'Bishops must be held accountable'

Vatican abuse summit: Prosecutor decries ëdeadly culture of silence'

Vatican abuse summit: Reassessing the media's role

Vatican abuse summit: Penance and a spirit of 'Never Again!'

Vatican summit speaker says abuse caused 'death of respect' for church leaders

Vatican abuse summit: Expert blasts denial on global dimension of crisis

Vatican abuse summit: Demand for accountability 'legitimate'

Vatican abuse summit: Victim reports ëdeath of respect' for church leaders

Vatican sex abuse summit: ëDon't wait for the media to make us act'

Roman notebook: Strokes for Sant'Egidio and Dolan

Scandal triggered by U.S. nuncio just won't die

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