Christopher Lamb (journalist)

{{short description|British journalist (born 1982)}}

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Christopher Lamb (born 16 November 1982){{citation needed|date=December 2018}} is a British journalist who is the Vatican Correspondent for CNN.{{cite news |title=CNN International Announces Christopher Lamb as New Vatican Correspondent |url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2023/11/13/cnn-international-announces-christopher-lamb-as-new-vatican-correspondent/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113181214/https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2023/11/13/cnn-international-announces-christopher-lamb-as-new-vatican-correspondent/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2023 |work=CNN |date=13 November 2023}} Previously he worked for Catholic publication The Tablet.{{cite news |last1=Gledhill |first1=Ruth |title=Christopher Lamb to join CNN as Vatican Correspondent |url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/17911/christopher-lamb-to-join-cnn-as-vatican-correspondent |work=The Tablet |date=14 November 2023}} He was also a contributor to the Vatican Insider page of La Stampa{{cite web |title=People: Christopher Lamb |url=https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/christopher-lamb |website=Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs |publisher=Georgetown University |location=Washington, D.C.}} and a regular commentator for the BBC on Vatican and religious affairs.

Lamb was educated at the Benedictine Worth School in Sussex, before studying Theology at Durham University (University College), and then completing a postgraduate diploma in journalism at the London College of Communication.{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://christopherlambmedia.com/curriculum-vitae/ |website=Christopher Lamb |access-date=19 April 2019}} His first role after qualifying was at The Daily Telegraph.

In 2020, Lamb published the book The Outsider in which he defends Francis' papacy against "guerrilla warfare" by Francis' conservative critics.{{Cite news|last=Sherwood|first=Harriet|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/book-lifts-lid-on-guerrilla-warfare-against-pope-francis|title=Book lifts lid on 'guerrilla warfare' against Pope Francis|date=2020-04-05|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-04-07|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}

Lamb is married with 3 children and is based in London.{{cn|date=March 2024}}