• Why is the Pope going to Kazakhstan?
  • What the absence of Putin, Patriarch Kirill and President Xi means for the World Congress of Religions
  • Is the Pope conflicted about the Russia/Ukraine conflict?
  • Reflecting on the end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign and her relationship with the Catholic Church.

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...