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• Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do
• Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
• News Summary: Vatican publishes financial report
• Vatican financial body investigating possible money laundering
• Quebec government polls public on 'problem' of religious accommodation
• Boston church official faces racketeering charges
• Pope and the devil: Francis' fascination with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism
• Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics
• Pope Francis urges China's Catholics to stay loyal to Rome

Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do Posted: 22 May 2013 02:35 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — An atheist lawmaker's decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a Christian lawmaker who said the previous day's prayer didn't pass muster.

Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog Posted: 22 May 2013 01:33 PM PDT The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering ...

News Summary: Vatican publishes financial report Posted: 22 May 2013 12:25 PM PDT ACCOUNTABILITY: The Vatican published the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. DETAILS: The report from the ...

Vatican financial body investigating possible money laundering Posted: 22 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's new financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had detected six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money last year, citing this as proof of its commitment to transparency. The head of the Vatican's Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), presenting its first annual report, also said it would soon have stronger supervisory powers over the Vatican's scandal-plagued bank, the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), dubbed the world's most secretive bank by Forbes magazine. ...

Quebec government polls public on 'problem' of religious accommodation Posted: 22 May 2013 11:16 AM PDT QUEBEC - The Quebec government is turning to public opinion as it seeks to set guidelines for minority rights.

Boston church official faces racketeering charges Posted: 22 May 2013 09:38 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A Boston church official who once claimed to be an associate of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been arrested on charges of stealing money from the church.

Pope and the devil: Francis' fascination with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism Posted: 22 May 2013 08:08 AM PDT VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.

Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics Posted: 22 May 2013 07:41 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.

Pope Francis urges China's Catholics to stay loyal to Rome Posted: 22 May 2013 05:25 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. China's Catholics number between 8 and 12 million and are divided between the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association, which has installed bishops without Vatican approval, and an "underground" wing loyal to the Vatican that rejects state control. Francis's predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, made May 24 a day dedicated to prayer for China's Catholics. Francis said at his weekly audience in St. ...

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