“Vatican”

Italy arrests Islamic State suspects plotting attack on Israeli embassy, Vatican
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(JNS.org) Italian police have arrested four suspects who were conspiring to join the Islamic State terror group and plotting to attack the Vatican as well as the Israeli embassy in Rome. The four suspects—a couple living near Lake Como, a 23-year-old …

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Italy Uncovers Plot to Attack Israeli Embassy, Vatican
www.haaretz.com

Italian media report that investigators have obtained intelligence information suggesting two of the suspects have plotted attacks on the Israeli embassy in Rome and the Vatican. The suspects have already made efforts to obtain the necessary weaponry …

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Vatican reports dodgy financial activities
www.adelaidenow.com.au

After a string of scandals, some stretching back decades, Pope Francis made cleaning up Vatican finances a priority, and the man in charge of overseeing that says it's new awareness of reporting obligations that has produced the spike in cases. "It …

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Le Vatican termine son ménage bancaire: près de 5.000 comptes suspects fermés (rapport)
www.lorientlejour.com

Le Vatican a annoncé jeudi avoir terminé de faire le ménage dans les comptes suspects de sa "banque", l'Institut pour les oeuvres de religion (IOR), après en avoir fermé près de 5.000. "Nous avons adopté une ligne très stricte envers tout compte qui ne …

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Le Vatican assure avoir terminé son ménage bancaire
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Le Vatican a annoncé jeudi avoir terminé de faire le ménage dans les comptes suspects de sa "banque", l'Institut pour les œuvres de religion (IOR), après en avoir fermé près de 5.000. Le Vatican a annoncé jeudi avoir terminé de faire le ménage dans …

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At the Vatican, a Newly Refreshed Snapshot of Italy, Circa 1580
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VATICAN CITY — According to the director of the Vatican Museums, the best way to appreciate the newly restored Gallery of Maps – a 400-foot-long snapshot of Italy, circa 1580, with some later updates – is to stroll through the corridor at sunset …

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Vatican crackdown on tax cheats flagged in oversight report
www.columbusceo.com

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's financial watchdog says it received 544 reports of suspicious financial transactions last year, thanks in large part to beefed-up efforts to flag potential tax cheats who are using the Vatican bank to hide money. In …

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Nuns say Katy Perry was wrongly granted permission to buy convent
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An order of nuns is hitting out against a judgement allowing Katy Perry to buy a Los Angeles convent, saying the bogus ruling was based on a mistranslated Vatican decree. The nuns, from the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary order, argue that …

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Letters: Pope's gesture to refugees not enough
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In a gesture to encourage, or perhaps embarrass, the nations of Europe, the pope returned to the Vatican with three Syrian Muslim families, whom the Vatican will support. He used a quotation from Mother Teresa when he described the motivation for his …

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For Cardinal Wuerl, Pope Francis calls Christians to evangelize through marriage
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The exhortation “draws deeply and richly” from the magisterial teaching of recent popes reflected in the “astounding number of citations” from the pontificates of Benedict XVI, St. John Paul II, and Bl. Paul VI, and as well as Vatican II and the …

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