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Christopher R. Altieri

When will the Vatican reveal what it knows about McCarrick?
June 06, 2019
What just happened? That’s the question everyone has been asking ever since Tuesday of last week, when Noticieros Televisa aired an in-depth exclusive interview with Pope Francis, and Crux and CBS jointly published stories backed by a document dump from a cleric who was ordained by Theodore McCarrick for Newark in the mid-1990s and has
The DiNardo allegations could be a test for the new reporting laws
June 06, 2019
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, is facing renewed public scrutiny after the Associated Press published a report on Tuesday, detailing accusations that DiNardo mishandled an allegation of sexual misconduct against a high-ranking priest in his archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston released a statement
There are big changes for Caritas International. But what do they mean?
May 31, 2019
Pope Francis has placed the pontifical charitable umbrella organisation, Caritas Internationalis, under the control of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Announced on Friday — the day the Holy Father left for a highly anticipated weekend pilgrimage to Romania — the Pope approved the decree containing the new dispositions on May 20th. Headquartered in
There’s more to the story of the electrician cardinal
May 30, 2019
Earlier this month, two stories featured prominently in social media feeds for a news cycle or two. Comparing them makes for an interesting experiment, not only in news analysis, but also in cultural criticism. One story told of a Robin Hood figure, who used his position and his practical know-how to push back against the
What Pope Francis knew about Zanchetta
May 29, 2019
Among the biggest of the pieces that dropped in the major Papal interview with Noticieros Televisa’s long-time Vaticanologist, Valentina Alazraki and the document dump on which Crux and CBS jointly reported, was the one about Pope Francis’s knowledge of the character and proclivities of his old acquaintance, the disgraced former bishop of Óran, Gustavo Zanchetta.
Who is in line to succeed the Vatican doctrinal chief?
May 23, 2019
Last week was all about consistories. When will the next one be? Who would turn 80 when, and what will it all mean for the Church heading out of 2019 and into 2020? It was easy to get caught up in those questions – which were the right ones to ask – and forget to
The proof of the pudding is in Buffalo
May 16, 2019
An interesting question in the wake of Pope Francis’s reform of reporting law and bishop accountability measures is: who will be first? In the English-speaking world, the Diocese of Buffalo could be the first big test. The veteran Philadelphia-based Church-watcher Rocco Palmo even suggested that the whole business boils down to “Buffalo or bust”. The
Will the new abuse law work in practice?
May 16, 2019
Pope Francis introduced reform legislation last week requiring all clerics and religious – men and women – to report abuse, cover-up, or suspicion of the same, to a higher authority. Taking effect on June 1, the law establishes the “metropolitan system” for investigating allegations of abuse and coverup against bishops – so called because the
The time to keep silence is over
May 16, 2019
One of the most interesting, and largely overlooked or at least under-noticed, points of Pope Francis’s new Apostolic Letter motu proprio, Vos estis lux mundi, is a negative provision — a “shall not” — regarding reporters of abuse or coverup, or of suspicions regarding abuse or coverup. Article 4§3 states: “An obligation to keep silent
What next for the College of Cardinals?
May 09, 2019
There’s been lots of chatter over the past few weeks about a consistory for the creation of new cardinals. As of this writing, nothing has been announced – that could change by the time this edition hits the newsstands – though June seems to be the rough target and June 29 the most oft-floated date
Analysis: How the Pope’s reform will change abuse reporting
May 09, 2019
Pope Francis decreed sweeping legislative reform on Thursday, designed to address the crisis of abuse and especially abuse cover-up by senior Church leaders. Vos estis lux mundi is the name of the Apostolic letter issued Motu proprio — on the pope’s own initiative — establishing procedures for reporting and investigating crimes of abuse and coverup,
Has Pope Francis just ruled out women deacons?
May 08, 2019
Pope Francis waded into a major Church controversy on Tuesday when he spoke to the question of ordaining women to the diaconate. While he did not give a definitive “No” on the issue, he did make it clear that the commission he appointed three years ago to study the matter had not reached any sort
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