Vatican expert, journalist, author and pug lover. Editor of Crux, an independent news site, and President of Crux Catholic Media Inc.
Joined February 2013
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
19 Dec 2025
Pope Leo in his message for next year’s World Day of #Peace urged the world to unarm & disarm words & actions – a msg that one of his top advisors said goes beyond any contemporary ideology but speaks to what it means to be human @Pontifex
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
15 Sep 2025
Here's the video from the first interview with Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex, with @eliseannallen in preparation for her forthcoming book on the Holy Father. youtube.com/watch?v=QK_zn8Yq…
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
14 Sep 2025
First extracts of my conversation with @Pontifex for my new biography of him, coming soon via @penguinlibrospe - enjoy!
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8 Sep 2025
Pope Leo's exclusive first interview goes to Elise Ann Allen of @Crux in new book: cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/09/…
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
5 Jul 2025
PSA: If you don't see me on the @Crux site for a while, it's because I'm busy writing a biography of @Pontifex - keep an eye out for it with @penguinlibrospe this fall!
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
26 Apr 2025
#PopeFrancis, ‘the people’s pope,’ entombed in his favorite Roman basilica
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
25 Apr 2025
Even in death, #PopeFrancis push for dialogue, multilateralism continue
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21 Apr 2025
Pope Francis is dead at 88, after a series of health struggles: cruxnow.com/obituary/2025/04…
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
14 Apr 2025
On Monday the #Peru -based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV) announced that after nearly 2yrs of #Vatican inquiry, it had been formally suppressed by @Pontifex, bringing a close to a decade-long saga marred by allegations of abuse & financial corruption
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
14 Aug 2024
Capping a decade-long probe, #Vatican expels founder from scandal-plagued movement in #Peru
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
1 Aug 2024
With 3yrs to go until the next global World Youth Day (#WYD) gathering, officials in the Archdiocese of #Seoul, which will host the event, have launched an official preparation process, voicing hope that it will empower young people from across the world
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
5 Jul 2024
In a stroke of irony, the Vatican’s doctrinal office on Thursday, which marked the United States’ Independence Day, convened & formally declared that a former US envoy charged w schism was excommunicated #Vatican
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
17 May 2024
On Friday Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, presenting a new set of norms for evaluating the authenticity of Marian apparitions & other spiritual phenomena, said a ruling on the famed occurrences in #Medjugorje is still in the works.
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
1 Mar 2024
Based on @lymanstoneky recent article in the "Institute for Family Studies" ... of course, also in @Crux !
1 Mar 2024
America’s flight from marriage laid bare by new study ✍️@CharlesinRome catholicherald.co.uk/america…
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
2 Mar 2024
Pope takes fresh aim at #gender theory, asks that it be studied @Pontifex
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John L. Allen, Jr. retweeted
9 Jan 2024
Benedict XVI’s private secretary, #German Archbishop Georg #Gänswein, spent the Feast of the Epiphany at a small parish in northern Italy, telling parishioners that Benedict was a man of prayer & debunking conspiracies behind his historic resignation
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