Commentators on the Pope and the Catholic church

Further details for each person are on our ‘Commentators’ page here https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/commentators/

name	Role	email	phone
Catherine Pepinster	freelance journalist & commentator on religion specialising in Catholic church	[email protected]	via RMC +44 (0) 203 970 0709
Ruth Gledhill	Assistant Editor, The Tablet, international Catholic news weekly. Formerly religious affairs correpsondent at The Times from 1989-2014	[email protected]	020 8222 7363 or via the RMC
Prof Anna Rowlands	Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice, Durham University. Worked on global Rome Synod 2024	[email protected]	via RMC +44 (0) 203 970 0709
Prof Tina Beattie	Professor Emerita of Catholic Studies, University of Roehampton	[email protected]	07739 517202
Sr Dr Gemma Simmonds	Director of the Religious Life Institute, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge	[email protected]	07930 532014
Rev Dr Taras Khomych	Senior Lecturer in Theology at Liverpool Hope University. Priest and trustee of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London.	[email protected]	07784 634136
Christopher White	Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.	[email protected]	+44 (0) 203 970 0709
Kerry Weber	An executive editor for America, a multi media organisation based on Jesuit tradition	[email protected]	Mobile: 413-530-0967
Michael Walsh	Retired author, expert in Catholic history. For 30 years, curated The Oxford Dictionary of Popes.	[email protected]	07808762418
Martin Pendergast	Secretary LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council	[email protected]	020 8986 0807

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