Christopher R. Altieri, Author at Catholic Herald

Christopher R. Altieri

‘United with Christ we are never alone’: Pope Francis prays for end to coronavirus crisis in Rome

March 15, 2020

The suspension of public liturgies may actually be leading some people back to the faith

Pope Francis has a fine line to walk in responding to coronavirus

March 14, 2020

Kowtowing to the Italian authorities would set a very bad precedent. But obstructionism wouldn't help either.

Rome’s parish churches reopen

March 13, 2020

After a brief closure, Rome’s parish churches are once again open to the faithful

Pope Francis tells pastors not to abandon faithful amid crisis

March 13, 2020

“Let us unite ourselves in these days with the sick, [and] with families suffering in the midst of this pandemic,” Pope Francis prayed at the start of daily Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae on the morning of Friday, March 13th, the seventh anniversary of his election to the See of Peter.

Amid crisis, Rome’s civic spirit remains high

March 12, 2020

Mass at the old basilica in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love began about as close to punctually as usual for Rome, just after twilight had given way to night. The sun had set a little over three quarters of an hour earlier, with its last light bathing the horizon in the colour

A synod on ‘synodality’ isn’t a bad idea

March 12, 2020

Pope Francis has announced the theme of the next Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled for October 2022: “For a synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission.” (Insert obligatory “synod on synodality” joke here.) There; now that’s out of the way. It’s not a terrible idea, to be perfectly frank. Indeed, it’s long

‘Coraggio!’: Coronavirus hasn’t broken Rome’s spirit

March 11, 2020

Mass may be cancelled, but Romans are helping each other through a national crisis

Vatican gives details of response to Coronavirus exposure

March 06, 2020

The Catholic Herald has learned new details regarding the Vatican’s response to the Coronavirus emergency, in the wake of a confirmed case inside the walls of Vatican City

Why two cardinals are clashing over the Vatican-China deal

March 05, 2020

It was all couched in the most cordial terms. But last weekend there occurred an exchange of letters which, in Vatican terms, was the closest thing to “pistols at dawn” since Archbishop Viganò and Cardinal Ouellet exchanged pleasantries in the papers last year. The letters concerned the Vatican’s 2018 arrangement with mainland China regarding episcopal

Mystery surrounds the Vatican’s new child protection force

March 05, 2020

There was a “meeting point” at the Holy See press office last week to present the Vatican’s new “task force” for helping bishops’ conferences and religious orders craft abuse policy. Briefly, what journos in attendance learned was that a coterie of experts – not named – will be coordinated by Andrew Azzopardi, an experienced Maltese

ITC weighs in on marriage question, faith and sacraments

March 03, 2020

The International Theological Commission published a paper on Tuesday tackling what the ITC theologians involved in the colloquies consider to be a thorny issue that could bear on the validity of marriages, especially those among so-called “baptized non-believers”.

The Pope’s remarks yesterday are potentially very telling

February 28, 2020

The remarks Pope Francis prepared for Thursday’s penitential liturgy at Rome’s cathedral archbasilica of St John Lateran are tempting to tea leaf-readers. One may resist that temptation, however, and still glean from his prepared remarks some not insignificant insight into the mind of Francis the governor of the universal Church. The reflection was chock-full of

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