Justin McLellan

Justin McLellan

Justin McLellan is Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter. Follow him on Instagram: @mclellan.justin and X/Twitter: @McLellan_Js.

Prior to joining NCR, he was Rome correspondent for Catholic News Service, the news agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and a journalist with Rome Reports. He is an Ecuadorian American and holds a degree in philosophy and theology from the University of Notre Dame. 

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María Lía Zervino in her sparsely decorated office at the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations in Rome. "We moved in right in the middle of the pandemic," she told NCR. (Justin McLellan)

Women helping pick bishops helps whole church, says new Vatican dicastery member

María Lía Zervino sits down with NCR to discuss her appointment to the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops and how local bishops can follow Pope Francis' example in giving women more substantial positions of responsibility.

Death penalty protesters are seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington Oct. 13, 2021. With Roe v. Wade overturned, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, urges Catholics to continue fighting to protect life in all its forms.

Vatican's pro-life chief: After Roe, Catholics must also fight for gun control

While Pope Francis has clearly condemned abortion, the Vatican has repeatedly pushed for a pro-life message that extends to life-related issues beyond ending abortion, which has been a focus for the American church.

Members of a delegation from Latin America meet with Caritas Internationalis at the Vatican. (Courtesy of Guilherme

Latin American caravan asks Vatican to divest funding from mining corporations

A caravan of lay and religious leaders from Latin America traveled to Rome to garner the Vatican's support in ending the destructive mining practices that ravage communities across the region.

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