John L. Allen Jr., the fastidious American journalist who demystified Vatican affairs for English speakers for decades, died ...

From the end of the 20th century until his death, Allen was essential reading for anyone who cared about the inner workings ...

John Allen Jr., the prolific author and longtime Vatican reporter hailed for his insightful coverage of the Holy See across ...

According to Cardinal Ambongo, the theme was chosen in response to the persistent crises affecting many African nations, ...

Allen passed away in Rome Jan. 22, at the age of 61. He is survived by his wife, Elise Ann Allen, Crux's senior Vatican ...

Covering the Vatican, he had a front-row seat to the waning years of Pope John Paul II's pontificate and the election of Pope ...

COMMENTARY: Why bother fact-checking when the facts, if ascertained, might get in the way of a good trigger-warning or a slap ...

New York was a key appointment not just because its bishop is effectively the leader of the Catholic Church in America but ...

It is customary that, in the first months after the election of a new pope, comparisons between the successor and predecessor ...

Pope Leo XIV and leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a community dedicated to the traditional Roman rite, ...

Instead of the United Nations giving us the latest developments in the whole world today, Pope Leo XIV addressed the whole of humanity last January 9 in the Vatican through 184 ambassadors and other ...

By Deborah Castellano Lubov "The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing another's pain” is the theme of Pope Leo ...