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• Pope urges reform, wants church with modern spirit
• Secretive Vatican bank takes step to transparency
• What's on the Vatican Bank's balance sheet?
• Man injured in Saudi religious police chase dies
• For many US Jews, religion not tied to belief
• As reform talks start, Pope vows to change Vatican mentality
• In move to transparency, Vatican bank issues first report
• Pope outlines less 'Vatican-centric' Church
• Pope outlines hopes for church reform
• Pope convenes cardinals for church reform talks
• Survey finds US Jews losing their religion
• One in five American Jews say they have no religion, survey finds

Pope urges reform, wants church with modern spirit Posted: 01 Oct 2013 10:41 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he doesn't want a "Vatican-centric" church concerned about itself but a missionary church that reaches out to the poor, the young, the elderly and even to non-believers. That's the vision he laid out as he opened a landmark meeting Tuesday on reforming the 2,000-year-old institution.

Secretive Vatican bank takes step to transparency Posted: 01 Oct 2013 08:26 AM PDT The Vatican took another step in its efforts to be more financially transparent by publishing a first-ever annual report for the Vatican bank on Tuesday. It comes as Italian prosecutors investigate alleged ...

What's on the Vatican Bank's balance sheet? Posted: 01 Oct 2013 07:58 AM PDT For the first time in its 125-year history, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), also known as the Vatican Bank, has published an annual earnings report, part of an ongoing push to rehabilitate the bank's shady reputation.The 100-page report, published on the bank's website, "seeks to contribute to the transparency which the Catholic Church, our customers, our correspondent banks, our authorities, and the public rightfully expect," said IOR President Ernst Von Freyberg in a letter. ...

Man injured in Saudi religious police chase dies Posted: 01 Oct 2013 07:36 AM PDT Riyadh (AFP) - A Saudi man, whose brother was killed when a religious police patrol crashed into their car during a hot pursuit last week, died Tuesday of his injuries, his family said.

For many US Jews, religion not tied to belief Posted: 01 Oct 2013 05:55 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A new survey of U.S. Jews has confirmed some of the community's worst fears: One in five American Jews say they have no religion, and their ranks appear to be growing.

As reform talks start, Pope vows to change Vatican mentality Posted: 01 Oct 2013 05:22 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis began landmark meetings on Tuesday to reform the Vatican, promising to do all he could to change the mentality of an institution he said was too focused on its own interests. Francis and eight cardinals from around the world are holding three days of closed-door meetings to discuss the Vatican's troubled administration and to map out possible changes in the worldwide Church. ...

In move to transparency, Vatican bank issues first report Posted: 01 Oct 2013 04:44 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican bank, dogged for decades by scandals and opaque dealings, published the first annual report in its 125-year history on Tuesday. The report covered 2012, a tumultuous year that saw its former president ousted in a boardroom battle and leaks of documents on internal disagreements on how it should be run. Bank President Ernst Von Freyberg, who started his job this year, said the 100-page report was an attempt to meet the commitment to transparency that Catholics around the world "rightfully expect". ...

Pope outlines less 'Vatican-centric' Church Posted: 01 Oct 2013 03:49 AM PDT Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis outlined plans for reform of the Church to make it less "Vatican-centric" on Tuesday as he met with top cardinals tasked with helping him overhaul the 2,000-year-old institution.

Pope outlines hopes for church reform Posted: 01 Oct 2013 02:47 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he wants a missionary church with a modern spirit that gives hope to the poor, young and elderly, speaking as key meetings begin on church reform.

Pope convenes cardinals for church reform talks Posted: 30 Sep 2013 11:13 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis convenes his parallel cabinet on Tuesday for a first round of talks on reforming the Catholic Church, bringing eight cardinals from around the globe together in a novel initiative to get local church leaders involved in helping make decisions for the 1.2-billion strong universal Catholic Church.

Survey finds US Jews losing their religion Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:36 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Jews in the United States are overwhelmingly proud to be Jewish, yet nearly one in five of them describe themselves as having no religion, according to a Pew Research Center survey published Tuesday.

One in five American Jews say they have no religion, survey finds Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:04 PM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - One out of five Americans who consider themselves culturally or ethnically Jewish say they do not believe in God or they do not follow any particular faith, in a sign of the changing nature of American Jewish identity, according to a study released on Tuesday. The Pew Research Center survey found vast differences among generations - with 93 percent of Jewish Americans born between 1914 and 1927 saying they identified as religiously Jewish, compared with just 68 percent of Jews born after 1980. A total of 22 percent of U.S. ...

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