Vatican expert, journalist, author and pug lover. Editor of Crux, an independent news site, and President of Crux Catholic Media Inc.
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By: John L. Allen
Vatican employees eat in the employee cafeteria, or “mensa.” (Credit: YouTube capture.)
By: John L. Allen Jr.
Outrage as Pope asks for ‘sacrifice’ in money crisis. Pope blasted: annulling SCV excommunication? Vatican hospital in crisis: will recovery plan be enough? Why does the Vatican owe a debt to Lucifer?
Migrants arrive near U.S. border with Mexico. (Credit: Vatican Media.)
By: John L. Allen
ROME – Among the twenty new Princes of the Church who received their red hats yesterday from Pope Francis was Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, who’s been the Archbishop of Lima in Peru since 2019.
By: John L. Allen
ROME – Amid the jubilation unleashed inside Syria and around the world by the fall of the Assad regime Saturday night, one community in the country that probably isn’t in such a festive mood right now would be Syria’s Christian minority.
By: John L. Allen Jr.
Are Christians safe in Syria after Assad regime’s fall? Peru scandal: problems for Vatican’s sovereignty? Pope skips out on Notre Dame’s reopening: a snub? Vatican’s Nativity set sparks questions from Israel.
ROME – As pontiffs age or get sick, two developments are as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun: First, some people will begin to speculate about the next pope, and second, other people will get their noses out of joint about it.
By: John L. Allen Jr.
Papabile speculation: inappropriate or essential? Pope’s Corsica trip: part of a bigger plan? Vatican staff rejects political interview. Jubilee 2025: an LGBTQ+ pilgrimage? Peru scandal: reporting to the Pope.
Ambassador-designate Brian Burch. (Credit: St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School.)
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