The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution
John L. Allen Jr.is associate editor of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Boston Globe after 16 years as the prize-winning Senior Correspondent for the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">National Catholic Reporter.  He also serves as the Senior Vatican Analyst for CNN. He’s the author of seven best-selling books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, and writes frequently on the Church for major national and international publications. He’s also a popular speaker on Catholic affairs, both in the United States and abroad.  His weekly internet column, “All Things Catholic,” is widely read as a source of insight on the global Church. John divides his time between Rome and his home in Denver, Colorado. He grew up in Western Kansas, and holds a Master’s degree in Religious Studies from the University of Kansas.