HUNTINGTON, Indiana, March 11, 2013 – Our Sunday Visitor, the world’s largest English-language Catholic publisher, located in Huntington, Indiana, is a ready resource for solid commentary on the papal transition, the conclave, and the selection of the next pope. A number of its editors, authors and executives have been utilized by media around the world for clarification on the papal transition, the history and workings of the Catholic Church, and insight on current events affecting Catholics. Our Sunday Visitor is the publisher of many of the Pope Emeritus’ books, and is also the exclusive North American distributor of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.
Gregory Erlandson, president of Our Sunday Visitor Publishing and a longtime Vatican journalist, will be in Rome March 9 through 20. Erlandson will be offering up-to-date information on the papal transition events as they occur at the Holy See and is available for phone interviews or e-mail correspondence.
Dr. Matthew Bunson, senior correspondent for Our Sunday Visitor, is available for live interviews as well. Dr. Bunson also serves as a consultant to national and international media including MSNBC, Fox News Channel, CNN, ABC, BBC, USA TODAY, New York Daily News, Relevant Radio, EWTN Radio, and more. In addition to multiple Catholic encyclopedias, he is the author of the first English-language biography of Pope Benedict XVI after his appointment in 2005 (We Have A Pope, Our Sunday Visitor, 2005), and is in process of preparing the first English-language biography of the next pope once he is named.
Our Sunday Visitor is offering continued coverage of the events in Rome on its website: www.osv.com. The company is also offering daily updates on its social-media sites on Facebook and Twitter. Erlandson is also tweeting live from Rome, and can be found on Twitter by searching @GregOSV.
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