2013年10月15日星期二

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Diplomat replaces scandal cardinal in top Vatican post

Posted: 15 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT

This handout picture released on October 15, 2013 by the Vatican press office shows Pope Francis speaking with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (R) during a farewell ceremony at the VaticanVatican 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

Bishop of Lund Antje Jackelen gives a speech at the Cathedral Forum in Lund in southern Sweden on October 15, 2013, after beeing elected Sweden's first female ArchbishopStockholm (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

People atttend a mass in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on November 29, 2012, in ParisParis (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

Pope Francis and Cardinal Bertone step off a plane after returning from their trip to Brazil at Ciampino airport, south of RomeBy 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

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo Monsignor Pietro Parolin attends a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. Pope Francis bid farewell Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, to the Vatican's No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who was blamed for many of the gaffes and problems of the papacy of Benedict XVI. Parolin, the new Vatican No. 2, was a no-show at the ceremony to take over the reins of the Vatican administration, after being hospitalized for urgent surgery. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, file)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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