Boston Globe Considers Catholic Expansion

By Hadas Gold
The Politico
January 8, 2014

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/01/boston-globe-considers-catholic-expansion-180728.html?hp=r13

The Boston Globe has hired one of the top English-speaking Vatican reporters and is considering launching a free-standing publication devoted to Catholicism, the paper announced Tuesday.

John Allen, a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and senior Vatican analyst for CNN, will be joining the Globe in early February, Globe editor Brian McGrory said in a statement.

"(Allen will play) several roles of prominence. He will be a correspondent first and foremost. He will be an analyst on all things Catholic. He will also help us explore the very real possibility of launching a free-standing publication devoted to Catholicism, drawing in other correspondents and leading voices from near and far," McGrory said. 

See the full announcement here.