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Articles by Christopher R. Altieri

About Christopher R. Altieri
Christopher R. Altieri is a journalist, editor and author of three books, including Reading the News Without Losing Your Faith (Catholic Truth Society, 2021). He is contributing editor to Catholic World Report.
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Reading Pope Francis with both respectful docility and critical charity

April 11, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 87

Catholics frustrated with Pope Francis’ style and record of leadership ought not allow partial accounts to poison them against the Holy Father. […]

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The temptation and the challenge of reading “Gaudete et exsultate”

April 9, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 28

Whatever else there is to say about the document and regardless of one’s personal, spiritual, or intellectual disposition toward Pope Francis, it is fair to […]

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Pope Francis believes in hell—and he needs to stop talking to Eugenio Scalfari

March 30, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 77

Our Lord also told His disciples, “Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple […]

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Pope Francis’ tough talk about media spin rings hollow

March 27, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 18

The Holy Father’s condemnation of those “who twist reality and invent stories for their own benefit, without concern for the good name of others” is […]

Analysis

The Viganò scandal raises serious questions about reform in the Roman Curia

March 22, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

Is the Pope distancing himself from his reform project, now that the man he chose to head it has resigned? […]

The Dispatch

The Vatican’s Viganò Problem

March 18, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 16

The Prefect of the Secretariat for Communication of the Holy See has a communication problem. Specifically, he has a hard time telling the truth. […]

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What to make of Benedict XVI’s letter about Pope Francis’ theological thought?

March 14, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 22

The brief and perfunctorily courteous note from the Pope emeritus was just that, and there’s no reason to try and make the letter say what […]

Features

Pope Francis and clericalism

March 9, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

Despite his repeated and vehement denunciations of clericalism, Francis’ more general remarks about the laity sometimes nevertheless exhibit a sort of clerical chauvinism. […]

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New CDF document is clear and succinct, but why was it needed?

March 1, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 17

Titled “Placuit Deo,” the new document, although quite short, effectively reaffirms the Christocentric focus of Dominus Iesus. […]

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Those Cupich seminars: Why now?

February 16, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

The answer is political, rather than doctrinal. […]

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