1. Vatican’s ongoing seminary scandal
  2. Pope’s trip to Iraq next week
  3. Vatican’s massive budgetary deficit
  4. Italy’s PM Mario Draghi & Pope’s economic views
  5. Pope’s in-person visit to holocaust survior Edith Brooke

John L. Allen Jr. is the editor of Crux, specializing in coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church. He has written eleven books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, and also is a popular speaker...