"Whether it’s papal generosity and restraint, as his admirers would have it, or a Machiavellian remains that if a leader believes he or she has been misrepresented and yet remains silent, even sending signals of approval, then ownership of that message shifts to the leader."
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John L. Allen Jr.
John L. Allen Jr. (January 20, 1965 – January 22, 2026) was an American journalist serving as editor of the Roman Catholic–oriented news website Crux.
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