• The College of Cardinals: All the Pope’s Men?
  • Italian political turmoil and the role of the laity
  • Pope previews ‘penitential’ pilgrimage to Canada
  • The paradox of retired popes

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...