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Christopher R. Altieri

The sudden departure of the Vatican spokesman and his deputy is no mystery
January 10, 2019
The latest chapter in the Vatican media reform saga is the abrupt and unexpected double resignation of Greg Burke and Paloma Garcia Ovejero from the two top spots in the Press Office of the Holy See, and their replacement with Alessandro Gisotti, who – like this Vatican-watcher – also came up at Vatican Radio, as
Are we getting the full picture on the abuse crisis?
January 03, 2019
The organisers of the February meeting on child protection at the Vatican have sent a letter to participants, encouraging them “to follow the example of Pope Francis and meet in person with victim survivors before the Rome summit”. As one cleric involved in child protection told the Catholic Herald when asked whether he had seen
2018 in review: the Church’s annus horribilis
December 31, 2018
This was the year that the abuse crisis engulfed the Church, and those in power failed to live up to the challenge
Rome at Christmas: a not-so-silent night
December 20, 2018
Christmas in Rome is jam-packed with crowds, cribs and roasted chestnuts
Pope Francis prepares for dialogue in the desert
December 13, 2018
Pope Francis is going to the Arabian peninsula. The announcement from the press office of the Holy See attracted significant attention, but the news did not dominate headlines, or garner the kind of polemical attention other trips by Pope Francis have generated (Cuba, with the tête-à-tête with Patriarch Kirill, set a high bar for newsworthiness).
Benedict XVI’s fine line on Catholic dialogue with Jews
December 06, 2018
Benedict XVI has found himself battered from all sides after responding to criticism from a German theology professor. The dispute originated with the publication of an essay by the Pope Emeritus giving a theological appraisal of a Vatican document on achievements in Catholic-Jewish relations since the Second Vatican Council. It seems that some readers of
Cardinal Müller seeks the middle ground between Viganò and the Vatican
November 30, 2018
Recent interviews suggest the Vatican's former doctrinal chief is seeking a kind of 'third way'
In Italy, the Our Father is being re-translated – and not everyone is convinced
November 29, 2018
The Italian bishops’ conference voted recently to approve a change to the translation of the Our Father used in the official Italian edition of the Roman Missal (Novus Ordo Missae). If the Italian bishops’ decision is approved by the Vatican, then soon the prayer will no longer be recited liturgically with the words, non indurci
The bishops have to realise they are part of the problem
November 26, 2018
The decision to appoint Cardinal Blase Cupich to the organising committee for the Vatican’s February child protection meeting has already caused a good bit of a stir. He is, after all, the man who proclaimed, “The Pope has a bigger agenda,” and can’t get “caught in the weeds” investigating whether there was a thirty-year coverup
How ordinary Catholics can respond to the Church’s crisis
November 23, 2018
At risk of sounding like a scratched disc: the crisis in which the Catholic Church is embroiled at present is global, protracted, and persistent. The institutional interests driving it are also deeply entrenched. What the response of the laity ought to be in our circumstances is difficult to discern. Ultimately, there will be as many
Archbishop Scicluna’s return to the Vatican is heartening news
November 22, 2018
The news that Pope Francis has appointed the 59-year-old Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta to the position of adjunct secretary at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) did not get as much attention as it might have under different circumstances. It is something worth a closer look. Archbishop Scicluna’s appointment to the position,
Amid the crisis, a guide who doesn’t abandon hope
November 15, 2018
The Smoke of Satan By Philip Lawler, Tan Books, 216pp, £13/$16.95 Philip Lawler sees the big picture. His new book, subtitled How Corrupt and Cowardly Bishops Betrayed Christ, His Church, and the Faithful … and What Can Be Done About It, is diagnostic. It is an essay that uncovers the roots of the crisis in
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