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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Minding the gap between the bishops and Catholic health care

Obama, Casey laud Catholic Health Association

Struggling to understand a bishop's murder in Turkey

Pope: the Devil behind timing of sex abuse crisis

Pope sees the Devil behind timing of sex abuse crisis

As priests rally to defend pope, pope defends celibacy

Vatican and US bishops diverge on sex abuse lawsuits

In Vatican lawsuits, who's really the little guy?

Vatican's sex abuse prosecutor says church must amputate to heal

Greek Catholic church in Ukraine may be at risk

A great Catholic renaissance in Ukraine may be at risk

To be fully human: Rolheiser gets to the essentials

Obama administration sides with Vatican in Oregon case

Suing the pope

The autonomy of bishops, and suing the Vatican

Leading religious on Roman scene named new bishop in Ireland

Pope's defenders push back

O'Malley on the crisis, the visitation of women's orders, and Fatima

It's dialogue or death, pope says in Portugal

A Tale of Two Fatimas

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