Gloria.TV News on the 17th of July 2014

Vaticash: The Italian journalist Mario Guarino has published the book Vaticash in which he presents the real estate assets of over 100 Vatican prelates. For instance, Palermo Cardinal Paolo Romeo owns among other real estate at least 26 apartments and 12 studio flats. More modest is former Roman Cardinal Vicar Camillo Ruini. He owns seven apartments and six studio flats. The Apostolic Nuncio in Washington, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is from a well-to-do family. With a relative he owns one thousand hectares of land near Milan, four apartments and three buildings. Much criticized Former Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone owns no real estate.

Thank You Saint Anthony: Massimo Bitonci, the mayor of Padua, Italy, has decreed Wednesday that all public buildings must display a crucifix according to Italian law. Bitonci wrote on his Facebook page: "Now every office and every school will get a nice mandatory crucifix donated by the city. Hands off the crucifixes or you will be in trouble." He also posted a picture of himself at a 2009 sit-in while distributing free crucifixes in the nearby town of Abano Terme, where a public school had one removed upon request by a student's family.

Terribly Wrong: The Dutch ethicist Theo Boer who once backed assisted suicide has now admitted that he was - quote – “terribly wrong”. Seven years ago Boer had argued that a ‘good euthanasia law’ would produce relatively low numbers of deaths. In reality his native Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been legal since 2002, have seen deaths double in just six years and this year’s total may reach a record 6,000. The figures do not include deaths by terminal sedation, where patients are rendered unconscious before they are starved to death.

I am A Catholic: 68-year-old Sim Siak Heong caused an accident in Kuantan, Malaysia, when he hit the vehicle in front of his. A 30-year-old fury got out of the hit car, opened Sim’s car door and hurled racial insults at him who is Chinese. Then she used a steering lock to hit his car bonnet, boot and windows. Sim comments: "Luckily, my windows did not break." Sim decided not to take action against the woman. Quote: “I am a Catholic. In our religion, and in all religions, it teaches us to love the ones who wrong us.”