Catholic Register Columns Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:13:07 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Financial controversy involving Indian cardinal flares anew /home/international/item/29587-financial-controversy-involving-indian-cardinal-flares-anew /home/international/item/29587-financial-controversy-involving-indian-cardinal-flares-anew

COCHIN, India -- A financial controversy involving an Indian cardinal has taken another turn after his archdiocese demanded a federal investigation into allegedly fake documents it said are aimed at defaming him.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 28 May 2019 11:11:24 -0400
God's Word on Sunday: Jesus can be heard in noisy world /opinion/item/29443-god-s-word-on-sunday-jesus-can-be-heard-in-noisy-world /opinion/item/29443-god-s-word-on-sunday-jesus-can-be-heard-in-noisy-world

Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 12 (Year C) Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30

New ideas nearly always provoke controversy, resistance and even violence. This applies in all areas of human activity, but nowhere is it more prevalent than in religion.

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fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) Fr. Scott Lewis Sun, 05 May 2019 11:46:42 -0400
Not being afraid of controversy is part of Civilta Cattolica's mission /item/25750-not-being-afraid-of-controversy-is-part-of-civilta-cattolica-s-mission /item/25750-not-being-afraid-of-controversy-is-part-of-civilta-cattolica-s-mission

VATICAN CITY – When an influential Jesuit-run journal criticized U.S. politics in mid-July, it was not the first time it had caused controversy in the United States.

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Features Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:00:00 -0400
SerraƵapp canonization triggers controversy /home/international/item/20767-serra-s-canonization-triggers-controversy /home/international/item/20767-serra-s-canonization-triggers-controversy

Blessed Junipero SerraƵapp motto was “always forward, never back.” But as the date nears for his canonization by Pope Francis, SerraƵapp life of faithful evangelization is being fiercely — and many say unfairly — questioned by detractors who insist on looking back into the life and times of the 18th-century missionary priest.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) International Sun, 30 Aug 2015 11:30:00 -0400
Synod ends by affirming tradition, leaving controversial questions open /faith/item/19027-synod-ends-by-affirming-tradition-leaving-controversial-questions-open /faith/item/19027-synod-ends-by-affirming-tradition-leaving-controversial-questions-open

VATICAN CITY - After several days of animated debate over its official midterm report, the Synod of Bishops on the family agreed on a final document more clearly grounded in traditional Catholic teaching. Yet the assembly failed to reach consensus on especially controversial questions of Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried and the pastoral care of homosexuals.

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Faith Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:00:00 -0400
Family synod midterm report stirs controversy among bishops /faith/item/18993-family-synod-midterm-report-stirs-controversy-among-bishops /faith/item/18993-family-synod-midterm-report-stirs-controversy-among-bishops

VATICAN CITY - The official midterm report from the Synod of Bishops, which uses strikingly conciliatory language toward divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabitating couples and same-sex unions, has proven highly controversial inside and outside the synod hall, with some synod fathers saying it does not accurately reflect the assembly's views.

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Faith Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:16:00 -0400