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One of the most respected journalists in the United States and the author of THE GLOBAL WAR ON CHRISTIANS uses his unparalleled knowledge of world affairs and religious insight to explore the harsh challenges facing Catholics today and how the Church is trying to save itself from itself. The Catholic Church is in turmoil. Rocked by scandal, weakened by infighting within its ranks, and losing members in record numbers, the Vatican finds itself in a precarious position in the first quarter of the 21st century. Can anything be done to stop the bleeding or are we witnessing the fall of the Catholic Church in the western world?
No reporter knows the Vatican or the key players within the Church like John Allen. In this exploration of the harrowing challenges the Church is facing he separates truth from headlines, discerns facts from fiction, looks at changes that are being implemented within the rank and file, and shows how the layity is trying to take back its Church from those seemingly hell bent on destroying it.

John L. Allen, Jr. is the editor of Crux, specializing in coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church. He has written eleven books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, and also is a popular speaker on Catholicism both in the United States and internationally. The London Tablet has called John "the most authoritative writer on Vatican affairs in the English language," and renowned papal biographer George Weigel has called him "the best Anglophone Vatican reporter ever." John's articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, The Tablet, and the Miami Herald.