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• News Summary: Vatican passes transparency test
• Report criticizes Vatican bank, urges more reform
• Vatican vows to fight money laundering after critical report
• Vatican passes key financial transparency test
• Report berates Vatican bank, urges serious reform
• Religious Israeli lawmaker tears up New Testament
• Vatican gets 9 of 16 passing grades in European financial transparency report
• Report card on Vatican transparency to be released
• Actor Christian Bale reflects on years as "Dark Knight"

News Summary: Vatican passes transparency test Posted: 18 Jul 2012 01:58 PM PDT PASSING GRADE: A Council of Europe report showed that the Vatican received compliant or largely compliant grades on nine of the 16 "key and core" internationally recognized recommendations to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.

Report criticizes Vatican bank, urges more reform Posted: 18 Jul 2012 12:27 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A European report on Wednesday identified serious failings in the Vatican's bank and gave the Holy See a negative rating in almost half of the most transparency related criteria. The milestone report by Moneyval, a department of the Council of Europe, welcomed reforms enacted so far but suggested the Vatican still has a long way to go before it can be included on an international "white list" of countries that abide by global norms on combating money laundering, the financing of terrorism and tax evasion. ...

Vatican vows to fight money laundering after critical report Posted: 18 Jul 2012 12:07 PM PDT The Vatican on Wednesday promised to redouble efforts against money laundering as it fights off a dark history after a Council of Europe report hailed recent progress but urged tighter controls.

Vatican passes key financial transparency test Posted: 18 Jul 2012 09:47 AM PDT The Vatican passed a key European financial transparency test, according to a report card released Wednesday, but received poor grades for the effectiveness of its new financial watchdog agency and the ...

Report berates Vatican bank, urges serious reform Posted: 18 Jul 2012 06:31 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A European report on Wednesday identified serious failings in the Vatican's scandal-plagued bank, sharply criticizing its management and giving the Holy See a negative rating in almost half the most important transparency-related criteria. The milestone report, by Moneyval, a department of the Council of Europe, suggests the Vatican still has a long way to go before it can be included on an international "white list" of countries that abide by global norms on combating money laundering, the financing of terrorism and tax evasion. ...

Religious Israeli lawmaker tears up New Testament Posted: 18 Jul 2012 03:15 AM PDT An Israeli lawmaker has torn up a copy of the New Testament in front of cameras in his parliament office.

Vatican gets 9 of 16 passing grades in European financial transparency report Posted: 18 Jul 2012 01:08 AM PDT Vatican gets 9 of 16 passing grades in European financial transparency report.

Report card on Vatican transparency to be released Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:44 PM PDT The Vatican's bid to get on the so-called "white list" of financially transparent countries passes a key stage Wednesday with the eagerly awaited release of a report card on its efforts to comply with international norms to fight terror financing and money laundering.

Actor Christian Bale reflects on years as "Dark Knight" Posted: 17 Jul 2012 07:05 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Dark Knight rises in movie theaters this Friday on the wings of huge anticipation for the final film of director Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, but there is one man who remains calm in the face of the media hype, Batman actor Christian Bale. Bale slips into the bat costume of Gotham City's crime-fighting superhero for the last time in "The Dark Knight Rises," which like its predecessors has received strong early reviews. ...

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