WSJ Vatican reporter Rocca departs

Francis X. Rocca

Francis X. Rocca, who has been covering the Vatican for The Wall Street Journal, has left the publication as the paper has discontinued the beat.

He was also the global religion correspondent.

A native of Washington, D.C., he has written on a range of topics including European politics, higher education, arts and culture.

Rocca is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a master’s in liberal arts from St. John’s College (Annapolis) and a doctorate in Renaissance studies from Yale University.

He is the director of a documentary film, “Voices of Vatican II: Participants Recall the Council” (2015).

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.