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Zusatztext Praise for John L. Allen! Jr. THE FUTURE CHURCH “John Allen is the English-speaking world’s most informed! most insightful and most balanced commentator on the Roman Catholic Church today. Allen consistently offers richly textured reportage that refuses to opt for the superficial take on church events. His extensive travels across the globe! his years cultivating relationships among theologians! local church leaders and Vatican officials! his genuine curiosity regarding the manifold factors! apparent and hidden! that shape church events—all have uniquely equipped him to produce his most recent volume.….Allen’s book offers the reader a compelling account of the challenges and possibilities that lie before the Catholic Church in this still young century. Those who are invested in its future will find it an indispensable resource.” -America “A thoughtful! well-argued! well-written book.” –Winnepeg Free Press “Perceptive! evenhanded! thought provoking! horizon expanding! remarkably well informed” –National Catholic Reporter ALL THE POPE’S MEN “[A] superb book” — Chicago Sun-Times “An exceedingly valuable book.” —Fr. Richard John Neuhaus! First Things CONCLAVE “An invaluable primer . . . highly informative.” — Washington Post “Definitely a winner.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune “It’s surprising how much you learn from this book . . . [Allen] explain[s] the process in an engaging way! and offers history! context and his own list of front-runners.” — Arizona Republic Informationen zum Autor John L. Allen Jr. is associate editor of The Boston Globe after 16 years as the prize-winning Senior Correspondent for the 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. Klappentext 71784732 Introduction Historic runs of success always become the stuff of legend. In baseball, Joe DiMaggio’s ? fty- six- game hitting streak in 1941 still sets the standard for consistent excellence. Basketball fans will always celebrate the eighty- eight- game winning streak the UCLA Bruins put together from 1971 to 1974, as well as the companion ninety- game unblemished mark posted by the Lady Huskies of the University of Connecticut from 2008 to 2010. In the world of entertainment, people still marvel at the thirty- seven- week run of Michael Jackson’s Thriller album atop the Billboard charts in 1983 to 1984, or the ?fteen consecutive weeks as box of? ce champ logged by the blockbuster movie Titanic in 1997. While there’s no exact parallel in the Catholic Church to a winning streak or a long run at the box of?ce, perhaps the closest anyone’s come in recent memory was the eye- popping run of promotions, honors, papal votes of con?dence, and signs of growing celebrity racked up by Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan of New York from February 2009 to June 2011. Consider the record put together over that span by Dolan, sixty- one years old as of this writing, which, by ecclesiastical standards, is still quite young: • On February 23, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Dolan the tenth archbishop of New York, after serving just under seven years as the archbishop of Milwaukee...
