The 20th century is well recognised as having produced more Christian martyrs than any previous age. The late Cardinal Francis George of Chicago famously noted that, while he would die in his bed, his successor would likely die in prison, and his successor would probably die a martyr. So, Christians are facing a terrible future,…
The ancient Jews, as illustrated by numerous passages in the Old Testament, had a very different view of how the universe worked. As Genesis 1 tells the story, in the beginning, that is, at the dawn of time, God created the heavens and the earth, the expression used to describe the universe in those times.…
After two days of full and intense submissions by both Cardinal George Pell’s legal Counsel and the Prosecution, the Victorian Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the matter of the conviction of Cardinal George Pell of sexual abuse of two choirboys at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne more than 20 years ago. No…
Banks perform a necessary function but, if all they do is reward greed, the societies that host them will not benefit. Banking in one form or another has been around for thousands of years but modern banking became prominent in the Quattrocento, when Northern Italian bankers perfected a number of ideas necessary for modern banking,…
