In a world where reporters cover the Vatican more like a political state rather than a religious institution, John occupied a ...

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 ...

Quietly and generously, John was also a mentor. He never wanted replicas of himself. He wanted better journalists -- and ...

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

Opinion - History is unforgiving. It remembers what institutions prefer to forget, what leaders hope to bury under pastoral language, and what silence attempts to erase. It remembers not only crimes, ...

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

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This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Jan. 18, at Saint Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, happy ...

Science goes so far to explain some of these things, but it doesn't. There's a gray area when it stops." Watson, who teaches marine science, environmental science, and biology at Xaverian Brothers ...