2013年6月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Int'l court case against ex-pope fizzles

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 10:12 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The International Criminal Court has rejected a longshot request by clergy sex abuse victims to investigate former Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against humanity.

UN leprosy ambassador upset at pope's remarks

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:16 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The U.N. goodwill ambassador for eliminating leprosy has written to Pope Francis complaining about his recent comment that careerism among Catholic Church officials was "a leprosy."

Vatican credit stop emblematic of finance woes

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:27 AM PDT

Vatican credit stop emblematic of finance woesThe Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition. Too bad overseas collectors won't be able to buy it for months. The Associated Press has learned that the Vatican ...


New Vatican bank head says mission is total transparency

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 02:38 AM PDT

President of the Vatican bank Ernst von Freyberg poses in his office at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Don't even think of calling Ernst von Freyberg, the president of the Vatican bank, God's New Banker. "I don't appreciate incorrect and silly descriptions," he said with a smile in his Vatican office, shrugging off a nickname that some have given him since he assumed his post four months ago. Still, von Freyberg talks like he is on a mission from God: to clean up the murky image of the bank and steer it to total transparency and compliance with international standards on fighting terrorism financing, money laundering and tax evasion. ...


Israeli police: Christian cemetery defaced

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say vandals have defaced graves at a Christian cemetery in Tel Aviv.
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