New York University’s Stewart Stehlin, a professor in history, is available for comment on the issue of papal succession.

Stehlin, who has lived and conducted research in the Vatican, has written Weimar and the Vatican, 1919-1933 (Princeton, 1983) as well as essays appearing in The Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy (Greenwood Press, 1999), Controversial Concordats: The Vatican’s Relations with Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler (Catholic University of America Press, 1999), and Papal Diplomacy in the Modern Age (Praeger, 1994).

Reporters interested in speaking with Stehlin should contact James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.