Greg Watts

GREG WATTS is an experienced author and journalist, who lives in London. He has reported on religious affairs for 16 years, both in the UK and overseas. Greg’s articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Times, The Evening Standard, The National Catholic Register, The Catholic Times, The Universe and Catholic papers and websites in the USA, Canada, Australia and Africa. He was one of the first journalists to report on the state of the Catholic church in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003.

In April 2005, Greg reported from Rome on the death of John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI for Sky News and other television companies. On the day after the election of the new Pope, he was asked by Lion to write a short introduction to Benedict XVI. While in Rome, he talked to a wide range of people who knew the new Pope personally, which helped him to present a fully-rounded and fully human portrayal of Benedict in his new book. Greg’s research and writing for Labourer in the Vineyard was completed in just one month, with publication on 6 June – an incredible total of just 6 weeks from the book being commissioned to finished copies arriving in the warehouse!

Greg's Labourer in the Vineyard is an engaging and highly readable account of the background and beliefs of the real man behind the headlines – a man who, the author believes, ‘might turn out to be one of the most radical and inspiring popes ever’. Greg details his childhood, his careers in academia and the church, his interests, his beliefs and priorities, and the direction in which he might lead the Catholic church. Written in an engaging style, this is an enlightening portrait of a major world leader who Greg describes as ‘a man of deep faith and holiness with a life anchored in God’.

Greg’s other books include From Gangland to Promised Land (XT3 Ltd, 2004), Meeting the Guv’nor (Hodder and Stoughton, 2003), Catholic Lives (Gracewing, 2001), I’m Asking You Nicely (Highland, 2005) and Released: Journeys from Prison to Faith and Hope (Alive Publishing, 2005)