by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Deacon Greg Kandra devotes his blog post to John Allen’s reflection on the Church’s newest “pro-life” cause From his column in The Boston Globe: In Catholic parlance, certain terms carry weight far beyond their face value meaning. Calling something a... by Beth | Jan 3, 2014 | Pope
Francis named Bishop Nunzio Galantino the new secretary of the Italian bishops’ conference while allowing him to serve part-time while remaining in his diocese. John Allen writes in a column in the National Catholic Reporter…. “A typical Francis...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2013 | Pope, Vincentian Family
John L. Allen Jr. offers thoughts on Challenges to vision of a ‘Poor Church for the Poor’ “How I would like a poor church for the poor,” Francis said. It’s a fitting sentiment for a pope who took his name from Francis of Assisi, a... by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2013 | Justice and Peace
John Allen, noted columnist for the NCR, writes… “Egypt is one of the front lines in what I’ve come to call the “global war on Christians,” meaning mounting anti-Christian violence in various corners of the world. The latest symbol is... by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2012 | Justice and Peace
John L. Allen Jr. writes a brief dispatch from Denmark on Catholic activism on the death penalty. Rumors of the death of the church’s passion for social justice have been greatly exaggerated, at least to judge by a high-profile international conference in Rome...