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Catholic nun's Brazilian killer gets early release from prison

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:39 PM PDT

By Lucas Iberico-Lozada SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The man convicted of killing American nun and Amazon activist Dorothy Stang in 2005, has been released from a Brazilian prison after serving less than a third of his sentence, adding controversy to the long-running struggle over land rights in the rainforest. The penitentiary system of Pará, the northern state where Stang was murdered, confirmed that confessed killer Rayfran das Neves Sales was released on Tuesday, though they were unable to specify if he was released on parole or into house arrest. He had been sentenced to 27 years in prison. ...

Vatican posts surplus but donations drop

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:15 AM PDT

The Vatican posted a 2.2 million euro ($2.85 million) budget surplus for 2012, an improvement from the previous year and some good news as it struggles to cope with a scandal involving its embattled bank. ...

Arrested Vatican prelate lived lush life in hometown

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:09 AM PDT

President of the Vatican bank Ernst von Freyberg listens to a question during an interview with Reuters in his office at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella SALERNO, Italy (Reuters) - Even though he was known to like to live well, police said they were startled when they entered Monsignor Nunzio Scarano's apartment after he called them one night in January to report a burglary. The apartment, in one of Salerno's most up-market neighborhoods in the city center, was huge, with art lining the walls and hallways divided by Roman-style columns. Scarano, a Vatican official with close ties to the Vatican bank and who is now in Rome's Queen of Heaven jail, had called police to report that thieves had stolen part of his art collection. ...

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