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• Diplomat replaces scandal cardinal in top Vatican post
• Sweden elects first female archbishop
• French Church to reword 'blasphemous' Lord's Prayer
• Vatican brings in outside firm to investigate financial office
• Vatican official blamed for spate of scandals leaves office
• Sweden elects its first female archbishop
• New Vatican No. 2 a no-show at handover ceremony
• Pope Francis bids farewell to problematic No. 2

Diplomat replaces scandal cardinal in top Vatican post Posted: 15 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT Vatican City (AFP) - The Vatican began a new chapter on Tuesday with scandal-hit cardinal Tarcisio Bertone stepping down as right-hand man to Pope Francis and replaced by veteran diplomat Pietro Parolin.

Sweden elects first female archbishop Posted: 15 Oct 2013 10:43 AM PDT Stockholm (AFP) - The Church of Sweden announced on Tuesday that it had elected a woman as its leader for the first time in the institution's history.

French Church to reword 'blasphemous' Lord's Prayer Posted: 15 Oct 2013 10:33 AM PDT Paris (AFP) - For nearly half a century, French Catholics have been reciting a version of the Lord's Prayer that could be considered blasphemous, the country's bishops have concluded after years of debate.

Vatican brings in outside firm to investigate financial office Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:58 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has called in an outside company to investigate a department that manages its real estate holdings and financial and stock portfolios following accusations of corruption. A committee of cardinals took the decision to look into the books and activities of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) as the Vatican tries to clean up the image of its bank, the focus of scandals for decades. ...

Vatican official blamed for spate of scandals leaves office Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:38 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The cardinal widely blamed for failing to prevent a series of ethical and financial scandals during the reign of former Pope Benedict stepped down on Tuesday, ending an era fraught with embarrassments. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, 78, left his post as secretary of state, the number two in the Vatican hierarchy, and handed over the role of "deputy pope" to Archbishop Pietro Parolin, a 58-year-old career diplomat. ...

Sweden elects its first female archbishop Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:38 AM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Church of Sweden says it has elected the country's first female archbishop, who will join a growing number of female church leaders around the world.

New Vatican No. 2 a no-show at handover ceremony Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:00 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The new Vatican No. 2 was a no-show Tuesday at the ceremony to take over the reins of the Holy See administration, after being hospitalized for urgent surgery on the day he was to have begun charting a new course for the troubled Vatican bureaucracy.

Pope Francis bids farewell to problematic No. 2 Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:54 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The changing of the guard is underway at the Vatican.

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