[6] Palmo was previously US correspondent for the London-based Catholic weekly The Tablet,[7] and he is a former columnist for the online magazine Busted Halo.
"[9] Archbishop Emeritus Robert James Carlson of St. Louis is quoted as saying he reads "Whispers in the Loggia" with some regularity.
[10] Palmo is frequently cited by major publications including USA Today, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York Times.
[11][12][13][14][15] He was interviewed by National Public Radio on February 27, 2013, about the papal conclave to name a successor to retiring Pope Benedict XVI.
[16] In March 2012 Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap named Palmo a member of a new Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, the first body of its kind to be established in Philadelphia.