John L. Allen Jr.
John L. Allen Jr., Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and Vatican analyst for CNN, will speak on 鈥溾�� at 7 p.m. Monday (Sept. 30) in the Andrews Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame鈥檚 Geddes Hall.
Allen established the Rome office of the National Catholic Reporter in 2000. From Rome, he has reported on the Vatican response to the American sexual abuse crisis, the Church鈥檚 opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, the death of Pope John Paul II and the elections of popes Benedict XVI and Francis. He also is the author of nine books on the Catholic Church, and his weekly Internet column, 鈥淎ll Things Catholic,鈥� is widely regarded as best single source of information on Vatican affairs in the English language.
The lecture is sponsored by Notre Dame鈥檚 .
Contact: Heather Grennan Gary, 574-631-4696, hgary@nd.edu