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• Vatican bank regulator signs information-sharing deal with U.S.
• Vatican, US Treasury agree to share financial data
• Molotov cocktail thrown into Ogden, Utah, church
• Vatican denies internal split on US nun crackdown
• Pope to visit Brazil slum, meet prisoners, on first trip
• Religious support tied to intensive end-of-life care
• Census replacement to portray patterns of immigration, aboriginals and religion

Vatican bank regulator signs information-sharing deal with U.S. Posted: 07 May 2013 03:07 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regulator of the Vatican bank on Tuesday signed an information-sharing pact with the U.S. agency that tracks suspicious financial transactions, part of an effort by the scandal-ridden bank to improve its international image. The bank, which manages money mostly for dioceses and religious institutions and is known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), has traditionally been isolated from the international regulatory system. ...

Vatican, US Treasury agree to share financial data Posted: 07 May 2013 02:14 PM PDT The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with international anti-money laundering and anti-terror ...

Molotov cocktail thrown into Ogden, Utah, church Posted: 07 May 2013 09:09 AM PDT OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Federal officials in Utah are investigating after a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a church in Ogden.

Vatican denies internal split on US nun crackdown Posted: 07 May 2013 08:21 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday denied there were any internal divisions over its crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns after a top Vatican official complained that he had been sidelined by the reform project.

Pope to visit Brazil slum, meet prisoners, on first trip Posted: 07 May 2013 07:47 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will visit the poor in a favela and meet young prisoners when he travels to Brazil on his first international trip as pontiff in July, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Francis, who has said he wants to make concern for the poor a hallmark of his papacy, will visit the Manguinhos slum in Rio de Janeiro on the fourth day of his July 22-29 trip to the world's largest Catholic country. Manguinhos is one of Rio's most visible favelas, wedged between a busy highway and a former oil refinery and near the main airport and large military bases. ...

Religious support tied to intensive end-of-life care Posted: 07 May 2013 06:53 AM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with advanced cancer tend to get more aggressive care at the end of life and spend more time in the intensive care unit if they receive spiritual support from their religious communities, according to a new study. The report's lead researcher said that finding was "quite the opposite" of what her team was expecting - in part because of evidence that spiritual support coming from within a patient's medical team leads to less aggressive care and more use of hospice. ...

Census replacement to portray patterns of immigration, aboriginals and religion Posted: 07 May 2013 01:36 AM PDT OTTAWA - Canada is about to find out how colourful a country it is. Just how vibrant the colours will be, however — well, that's another story.

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