Read a Nov. 18, 2014, story from the Jesuit magazine America about a Vatican conference centered on families dealing with autism.

John L. Allen Jr. is associate editor at The Boston Globe, where he specializes in covering the Vatican and the Catholic Church. Allen previously was the longtime Rome correspondent for National Catholic Reporter. He is considered a top Vaticanologist and a leading English-language expert and commentator on the papacy, and he has written a number of books, including All […]