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 ...

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

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 ...

When it comes to Modernism, it is difficult to delineate between when the music started and when the dance floor ballooned ...

The president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has described the first official audience between Pope Leo XIV and the leadership of the Church in Africa as a ...

It was only nearly a millennium later, in 1965, that the leaders of both Churches – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople – finally expressed their regret for the events of 1054, ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV came at a most strategic moment with Donald Trump and his immigration agents bullying the nation and world.

Since starting his second presidential term a year ago, Trump’s policies and actions have drawn ire on multiple fronts, ...