John L. Allen, Jr.

John L. Allen, Jr. (born 1965 ) is an American journalist of CNN and NPR, specializing in Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican.

Biography

Allen grew up in the U.S. state of Kansas in the town of Hays ( Kansas). Allen went to school until 1983 in the Thomas More Prep - Marian- school, which is run by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

Anschliedssend he studied at the Fort Hays State University and completed the degree of Master degree in Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. Allen taught journalism and worked in the student newspaper, The Knight of the Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. Also for the magazine National Catholic Reporter ( NCR) Allen worked.

While the reports on the death of John Paul II Allen appeared regularly in the news channel CNN and acts there today as a specialist and analyst for the issues Vatican. Alongside Allen holds lectures on the same topic.

Together with his wife Shannon John Allen lives in Rome.

Honors

  • November 5, 2011 - Honorary Doctor of St. Michael 's College in Toronto.

Reception

A weekly column for a word from Rome by Allen appears in the printed and electronic version of the magazine National Catholic Reporter ( NCR).

Other newspapers and magazines, writing for the Allen, are The New York Times, CNN, NPR, The Tablet, Jesus, Second Opinion, The Nation, The Miami Herald, The Furrow and the Irish Examiner.

His two books on Benedict XVI. - One in front, the other written after the papal election - were published by Verlag Double Day, Random House and includes some significant criticism of the Vatican. Allen is known for his book about the controversial Catholic organization Opus Dei.

Writings (selection )

  • Conclave The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election. Neuaufl. Doubleday / Image, New York, 2004. ISBN 0-385-50453-5 (EA New York 2002)
  • All the Pope 's Men The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks. Doubleday / Image, New York 2006, ISBN 0-385-50967-7 (EA New York 2004).
  • Pope Benedict XVI. A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger. Continuum International Publ, New York 2005, ISBN 0-8264-1786-8 former Title: Cardinal Ratzinger. The Vatican 's Enforcer of the Faith. Continuum International Publ, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8264-1265-3.
  • German edition: Cardinal Ratzinger. Patmos -Verlag, Dusseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-72457-0.
  • German edition: Opus Dei. Myth and Reality; a look behind the scenes. Gütersloher publishing house, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-579-06936-5.
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