The organization that manages the Vatican's assets said Tuesday it would submit its operations to outside financial review in what could be the first such audit of the Vatican's coffers.

Roy Bourgeois has been disinvited from a fundraiser for SNAP because some members of the organization feared he would use the event to advance the cause of women's ordination.

The Society of St. Pius X offered to celebrate a funeral for Erich Priebke after the diocese of Rome said the service would be allowed only in a private home.

"It was unfair to the vast majority of victims and unfair to all private and nonprofit organizations," said Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Wilkerson of Los Angeles.

The withdrawal will mean no Daughters of Charity will serve at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville for the first time since the order founded the hospital in 1898.

A key mission of Catholics should be to reduce anger among people, says a retired Indian archbishop noted for his peacemaking efforts.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone stepped down Tuesday with a speech praising the pontificate of retired Pope Benedict XVI and stressing its continuity with that of Pope Francis.