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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John XXIII, John Paul II to be canonized together
Scandal and reform in Rome; the 'Francis effect'; papal simplicity; and more
In first encyclical, Francis reaches out to seekers
Francis plans dramatic pro-immigrant outing
Breaking news: Leaders of troubled Vatican bank resign
Ferment in Nigeria; Syria; the Vatican bank; and sex scandals
Francis takes on Vatican bank: 'trust reluctantly, verify deeply'
A recipe for overinterpreting the pope
Shifting plates in Rome and Tehran; Francis in Brazil; and St. John Paul
Obama taps former CRS head as new Vatican envoy
Francis at 100 days: 'the world's parish priest'
Politics and Christians in the Holy Land
The Vatican's 'gay lobby,' round two
Religious freedom and reform in Turkey
Francis and the perils of an improv pope
An afternoon with America's Capuchin heavyweights
