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VATICAN CITY - New rules governing the guidance, oversight and control of Vatican financial and administrative activities include the power to levy sanctions and take "civil or criminal action" in cases of "damage to assets," as well as providing protection for whistleblowers raising red flags about "anomalous activity."

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Obama administration says it plans opt-out alternative on mandate /home/international/item/18539-obama-administration-says-it-plans-opt-out-alternative-on-mandate /home/international/item/18539-obama-administration-says-it-plans-opt-out-alternative-on-mandate

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has filed a brief with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver indicating it plans to develop an alternative for Catholic and other religious nonprofit employers to opt out of providing federally mandated contraceptives they object to including in their employee health care coverage.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:45:00 -0400
Vatican says bureaucratic reforms won’t happen until 2015 /faith/item/18046-vatican-says-bureaucratic-reforms-won-t-happen-until-2015 /faith/item/18046-vatican-says-bureaucratic-reforms-won-t-happen-until-2015

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis and his council of eight cardinals are unlikely to complete a radical shakeup of the Holy SeeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp administration, or Curia, before 2015, the Vatican said Tuesday (April 29).

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