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John L. Allen Jr.

John L. Allen Jr. was staff writer, Vatican correspondent and senior correspondent for NCR from 1997 until 2014 when he joined Cruxnow.org. 

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Shift on limbo accents hope, 'relativizes' church's role in salvation

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Cardinal Avery Dulles on Islam

Hijacking gives insight into Turkey's Christian minority

BBC documentary on clergy sex abuse

New report on global Christianity

The latest on Limbo

Column changes coming

Pope Benedict's damage control

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Notes on: Orthodox-Catholic dialogue; Reader response; Ministry to lesbians and gays

Fall out from Benedict's comments on Islam

What's next for Christian-Muslim relations?

Benedict's jihad remark

Benedict in Bavaria

Follow-ups: Brothers in leadership posts and more on evolution

New hires at Catholic University

Roman Catholic, Orthodox dialogue resumes

Lecture at John Carroll University

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