John L. Allen

JOHN L. ALLEN is the Vatican correspondent for the National
Catholic Reporter and a Vatican analyst for CNN and
National Public Radio. He is the author of The Rise of
Benedict XVI and All the Pope’s Men: The Inside Story of
How the Vatican Really Thinks. His work has appeared in the
New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Miami Herald, The
Nation, and many other publications. His Internet
column, “The Word from Rome,” is considered by
knowledgeable observers to be the best single source of
insights on Vatican affairs in the English language.