Strangers in a Strange Land
by Charles J Chaput, Henry Holt, £20
Archbishop Charles Chaput has been one of the bright stars of the American hierarchy, defending traditional Catholic teaching. In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him Archbishop of Philadelphia – one of the nation’s oldest and largest Catholic sees. He has not yet received the cardinal’s red hat, traditional for the Archbishop of Philadelphia, in part, some think, because of his “conservative” stances. For example, Chaput caused controversy with his guidance for implementing Amoris Laetitia, which some accused of being “retrograde” in its rejection of a reading that would extend Communion, for example, to divorced and remarried couples.
