"Professor Christopher Bellitto is not only a respected historian but an excellent story-teller as well. He combines erudition, revealing anecdote, and lively style to produce a first-rate program. I've known him for many years and can assure you will enjoy listening to him and will learn a lot."

      - John W. O'Malley, S.J., University Professor, Georgetown University

Professor Christopher M. Bellitto is the author of eight books and the co-editor of five others. His most recent books are 101 Questions and Answers on Popes and the Papacy (Paulist Press, 2008) and Church History 101 (Liguori Publications, 2008). His writing has been honored by the American Catholic Historical Association and the Catholic Press Association. In addition to his own writing, Dr. Bellitto has long experience as an academic editor for Paulist Press, and is the creator and editor of its series, Rediscovering Vatican II.

Christopher Bellitto, (Ph.D. Fordham University) is currently an Associate Professor of History at Kean University in Union, NJ. He is also a frequent public speaker and media commentator on church history and contemporary Catholicism. After receiving his doctorate from Fordham University, he was a church history professor at St. Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) and its Institute of Religious Studies in Yonkers, NY, where he served as the Institute's Associate Dean. In addition, he was a Fellow at Fordham's Center for Medieval Studies.