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Interviewed on Reader's Corner, Boise State Public Radio

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Quoted in Religion News Service story on Pope Francis' homilies

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Interview with KIRO Radio, Seattle

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Credited with predicting the conclave result

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Interview with Fox News Radio's Courtney Walsh

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Quoted in New York Times story on papal election

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Newsday cites my pre-conclave blog on Cardinal Bergoglio, the new pope

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Washington Post story about Pope Francis

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With George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America

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On NPR's Fresh Air

'Behind The Scenes' At The Vatican: The Politics Of Picking A New Pope

 

From Reuters

Book Talk: Papal resignation a PR coup for Vatican journalist

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ABC World News

Pope Benedict retires: Who's next?

 

With Sylvia Poggioli on NPR

 

Via Skype on The List

 

Quoted in Washington Post

After pope's farewell, attention shifts to conclave

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Vatican Reporter John Thavis on WCCO Morning News

 

Talking with my hometown radio station KTOE

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John Thavis on ABC World News 

Timothy Dolan, Sean O'Malley Considered as Successor to Pope Benedict

 

On NBC Nightly News talking about the Pope's resignation

The pope's farewell

 

John Thavis on the pope's lasting legacy, Sunday on NBC

Pope gives Sunday blessing as church’s future unfolds

 

"The Vatican Diaries" was the focus of a Feb. 17 article in the New York Post

Behind the Vatican walls

 

Interview with WJBC on papal transition

 

See this video chat on the book with the Los Angeles Times

Pondering the Pope with 'Vatican Diaries' author John Thavis

 

John Thavis on Benedict's departure in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Historic departure part of Pope Benedict XVI's legacy

 

AP interview on Vatican secrecy

Litany of Secrets After Papal Retirement Bombshell

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John Thavis spoke to the New York Times about candidates in the coming conclave

Pope Electors Are Sizing Up a Field of Peers

 

In the Washington Post, John Thavis comments on financial scandals at the Vatican and Benedict's efforts to curb them

Pope struggled to lift sacred secrecy of Vatican finances

 

Interview with the Washington Post about the retiring pope's possible influence on his successor

In picking successor, Vatican must decide what’s needed in a 21st-century pope

 

Los Angeles Review of Books

Costica Bradatan interviews John Thavis: A Radical Move by a Conservative Pope

 

USA Today

Twittersphere, blessed by Benedict, loses its first pope

 

ABC News interviewed John Thavis on the day of the pope's dramatic announcement

What Does Catholic Church Do With an Ex-Pope?

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