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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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