Christopher R. Altieri, Author at Catholic Herald

Christopher R. Altieri

Why it matters that the new Vatican communications chief is a layman

July 06, 2018

Paolo Ruffini has decades of experience in journalism. Will he overcome the clericalism of the Curia?

July 05, 2018

Pope Francis and Emmanuel Macron are forming an unlikely alliance The attention French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit last week received was somewhat out of the ordinary – at least, the attention it garnered might have seemed so, when measured against that which the average courtesy visit of the average head of state receives. Reporters made

Pope Francis: Dead letters

June 28, 2018

Why are vital documents not reaching the Holy Father? Pope Francis’s recent interview with Philip Pullella, Rome bureau chief of the Reuters news agency, has caused quite a stir. Other news outlets have picked up the story and engaged in everything from straight reporting to analysis to tea reading. One question that one quoted remark

Roman Curia: Invisible reforms

June 21, 2018

The Pope’s advisers have finally created a blueprint for reform. But what’s in it? To say the progress report on reform of the Roman Curia that appeared last week at the press office of the Holy See was short on specifics would be something of an understatement. The presentation of the work of the “C9”

Vatican: The Pope whisperer

June 14, 2018

Is the Vatican’s new doctrinal tsar steering Francis in a new direction? Several Vatican watchers have noticed over the course of the past week or so a change of tone, and speculated that it might indicate a change of tack in the Vatican on matters of doctrine and governance. They note that clarity and prudent

Can women be deacons?

June 07, 2018

A storm is brewing in the Vatican over deaconesses

The deaconess dilemma

June 07, 2018

Last month, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Luis Ladaria SJ, took to the pages of L’Osservatore Romano to reiterate and clarify the position of the Church regarding the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood. His comments were unsolicited and came out of the blue. Why did the

Vatican: Abuse crisis – Clericalist errors

June 07, 2018

Even now the Pope is relying on priests to be his eyes and ears in Chile Pope Francis spent portions of this past weekend with a group of five Chilean priests and two lay people, who were victims of abuse in their home country, which is currently embroiled in major crisis over the culture of

Vatican: The deskless office

May 31, 2018

Cardinal-designate Konrad Krajewski has revived an ancient Vatican post Among the 14 people who will be receiving a red hat on the solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, there is one who stands out as particularly significant in virtue of the office he holds and in light of the way he has discharged his duties

Vatican: Chile – the Pope’s big chance

May 24, 2018

A mass resignation could mark a new era in child protection The clerical abuse crisis is global. Its causes are complex and its roots are deep. The situation in Chile represents in microcosm the problems facing the whole Church – problems that are not going to be solved in the short term, and will not

Pope Francis now faces a terrible dilemma over Chile

May 21, 2018

Whether or not he accepts the bishops' resignations, the problem will not go away

Vatican: Abuse crisis

May 17, 2018

Recent events have revealed a broken culture At the start of this week, the eyes of the world were on the Vatican, where Pope Francis was preparing to receive the bishops of Chile in an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis of clerical sexual abuse, the details of which he learned through a special investigation

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