Christopher R. Altieri, Author at Catholic Herald

Christopher R. Altieri

October 11, 2018

Amid procedural changes and doctrinal tension, one issue hangs over this month’s meeting in Rome Hilaire Belloc once remarked that the Catholic Church must have a divine origin, because “no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight”. Belloc’s gallows humour applies rather well in the current circumstances. The crisis

The McCarrick case is haunting the Youth Synod

October 05, 2018

Bishops and commentators wonder what happens in the absence of an investigation

Media: Is the honeymoon over?

October 04, 2018

The tone of press coverage of Pope Francis is changing Last week was another rough week for Pope Francis. In fact, it’s been an increasingly rough series of weeks. A good bit of the bad press could have been predicted. His series of morning fervorini from the Domus Sanctae Marthae that began on September 10

Dismissing Karadima from the clerical state will do little to help the crisis

September 29, 2018

The Pope also possesses the power to depose bishops, something he's been reluctant to do so far

Bishops: The real synod

September 27, 2018

Next month’s gathering will be dominated by one issue The forthcoming ordinary general assembly of the synod of bishops is dedicated to “young people, the faith and vocational discernment”. On paper, at least. What it is really about is the global crisis of episcopal leadership. That is what reporters covering the event are going to

Abuse crisis: No laughing matter

September 20, 2018

An ill-judged photo overshadows a meeting between the Pope and US bishops Last week may have been one of the toughest of Francis’s pontificate. A mere list of the stories that broke or saw major developments – most of them very bad – would run well over the allotted column space. The following is a

Episcopalis communio: three things you need to know about the Pope’s new document

September 19, 2018

Is the 'apostolic constitution' as big a deal as people think?

Episcopalis communio: what does the Pope’s new document mean for the Church?

September 18, 2018

The new law appears to combine the Synod’s teaching authority with that of the Roman Pontiff

The Vatican’s photo blunder shows media reform is still a work in progress

September 15, 2018

Some Vatican staff shared the public's dismay at the image - but by then it was too late

Viganò letter: Awaiting clarity

September 13, 2018

A month on, the Holy See is preparing to address the archbishop’s ‘testimony’ On Monday, the “C9” Council of Cardinal Advisers, gathered in the Vatican for their 26th working session, issued a statement expressing “full solidarity” with Pope Francis “in the face of what has transpired in recent weeks” and noting that the Vatican is

Roman Curia: Five years on tenterhooks

September 06, 2018

Officials are adrift as the Vatican reels from one crisis to the next Back in January, the question on everyone’s mind was: will the curial reform finally take shape this year? It was clear that 2018 would be a make-or-break one for Pope Francis – a year in which he would have to decide whether

Vatican: The halo boom

August 30, 2018

Is it too soon to canonise 20th-century popes? While they live, all popes are styled “Holiness”. The mode of address is a sort of “official” holiness, tied to the office of the Bishop of Rome. It tells us very little about the character of the man who holds the office. In fact, relatively few of

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