John L Allen, Jr.

John L. Allen, Jr., is the senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and senior Vatican analyst for CNN. He has reported on the Vatican since the papacy of John Paul II and his work has appeared in a variety of media. He is the author of "All Things Catholic," a weekly Internet column, as well as several books and the booklet, 10 Things Pope Benedict Wants You to Know (Liguori, 2007).

John L. Allen, Jr., is the senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and senior Vatican analyst for CNN. He has reported on the Vatican since the papacy of John Paul II and his work has appeared in a variety of media. He is the author of "All Things Catholic," a weekly Internet column, as well as several books and the booklet, 10 Things Pope Benedict Wants You to Know (Liguori, 2007). See less