Delia Buckley Gallagher (born 11 March 1970) is an American journalist, formerly serving as CNN’s Faith and Values Correspondent. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Based in New York, Gallagher was a long time CNN Vatican Analyst, Vaticanologist, and religious journalist. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Vaticanologist is a term coined in the mid-to-late Twentieth century to describe journalists academics and commentators whose area of expertise is in studying and Prior to joining CNN full time, she lived in Rome for 7 years. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 In Rome, she wrote a weekly column for Zenit News Agency and was a contributing editor for the magazine Inside the Vatican. For other uses see Zenit (disambiguation. ZENIT is a non-profit news agency that reports on the Catholic Church and issues
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Early years and education
Delia Gallagher's parents are both Irish immigrants. They met in America and wed in Ireland in 1969. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Delia was born in San Francisco a year later. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city She grew up in nearby San Jose, where her parents still reside. With four younger brothers, Delia is the oldest of five children.
Gallagher attended St. Joseph Cupertino School, then attended the college preparatory school of Saint Lawrence Academy. Delia earned her undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco (where she was an editor of The Foghorn, the school newspaper). University of San Francisco ( USF) is a private Jesuit Roman Catholic University in San Francisco California. She then attended Blackfriars, Oxford University (founded by the Dominican Order), where she got her MPhil in Theology. Blackfriars Oxford. The name Blackfriars is commonly used to denote a house of the Dominican Friars in England. The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is In the usage of India, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and some other countries the Master Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Gallagher speaks fluent Italian and conversational French.
Pre-CNN Life
While still in college, Gallagher started working part-time as a writer at KCBS San Francisco. She later joined the AM News Radio station full time after graduation. Her former colleagues described her as "extremely nice, focused, and hard working. "
After graduate school, Delia joined the Oxford University Press (OUP) as a researcher and editor. Her work involved being part of the team that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls CD-ROM. She moved to Rome in 1998 and started as a writer for Inside the Vatican. As a member of the Vatican Press Corp, she traveled with Pope John Paul II to Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and within Italy. The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Pope Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest She also wrote a weekly column for the Zenit News Agency called “Rome Notes. For other uses see Zenit (disambiguation. ZENIT is a non-profit news agency that reports on the Catholic Church and issues ” Gallagher lived in the Roman neighborhood of Parioli. Parioli is a neighbourhood in Northern part of Rome. The name derives from the Monti Parioli, a series of tufa hills and was given to the area before its incorporation
CNN Life
Since taking the position of Faith and Values Correspondent in September 2005, Gallagher has reported on a wide range of topics for the television network. Some of her work includes reports for Vatican Rules on Homosexuality and the Priesthood, Hassidic Jews in Brooklyn, and Intelligent Design. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Intelligent Alongside these examples of her work, she has also done an interview with the author Anne Rice. Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American Author of gothic and religious-themed Delia appears regularly as an expert on religious matters. Most recently, her expertise was consulted on Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church See also Catholic theology of the body Deus Caritas Est ( Latin for "God is Love" is the first Encyclical written by She was a regular contributor to “On the Story” and a frequent guest on Lou Dobbs, CNN Newsroom, and Anderson Cooper 360. Louis Carl Dobbs (born September 24 1945 is a CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. CNN Newsroom is an American news program on CNN/US. Broadcasting throughout the week Newsroom features live and taped news reports Anderson Cooper 360° (commonly shortened to either AC-360 or 360) is a two-hour television news show on CNN, the first hour usually
Recent written work
2006. 03. 30 A Peek Through the Vatican Curtains (CNN)
2006. 03. 30 A Pope's Last Request: "Read me the Bible" (CNN)
2004. 09. 04 Holy House of Loreto; New Saints; Marvelli and Suriano (Zenit)
2004. 08. 26 An Icon the Pope Hoped to Deliver Personally (Zenit)
2004. 08. 19 Cardinal Poupard on Enculturation; Olympic Peace (Zenit)