Enrico Letta, 46 is Italy’s new premier (prime minister) after a bitter political stalemate in recent months. Tasked by the President, Giorgio Napolitano, 87, with forming a coalition out of bitter rivals, Letta is viewed as a bridge-builder between political…

Canada is pushing forward with its “MintChip” program to replace cash transactions with digital transactions. The new technology is aiming at small transactions under $10, especially coins, which is where most cash transactions take place. Canada is the only nation…

There are a number of ways that governments confiscate their citizen’s assets in order to pay their debts, some are obvious and some more subtle. For instance, one obvious way governments can do this is to increase taxes, which is…

There is a sea change going on in global currency exchange. Nations are disconnecting their currencies from the U.S. dollar. The move away from reliance on the dollar is key to changing the global reserve currency, which global elites, including…

The huge multinational German-owned financial services company Allianz gave Father Federico Lombardi SJ, director of the Holy See Press Office, a special award recently. The Communicator of the Year award is given by the global financial empire in an effort…

Pope Francis met with Israeli President Shimon Peres who warned him that “the Middle East is ‘disintegrating’ and that the pontiff ‘has an important role’ to play in bringing peace to the region and the world.” Peres told the Pope…

One European nation after another is being brought into the Germany orbit. Now it’s Serbia’s turn. On April 16, 2013 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle demanded that Serbia settle a long-standing dispute with the breakaway province of Kosovo. “An agreement…

The European Commission has warned Cyprus that it must sell its excess gold reserves to raise €400 million needed to help finance its recovery and qualify for the rescue package it has requested from the Eurogroup. Cyprus has accepted a…

On April 26, 2013, Pope Francis met with Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by his wife Elsa, met with Pope Francis for about 20 minutes. The meeting came just two days before Monti completed…

The New Zealand parliament passed the Marriage Equality Bill, introduced by lesbian MP Louisa Wall. The vote had 77 votes in favor to 44 against after two hours of debate. Green MP Mojo Mathers stated that she was in support…

Pope Francis called Giorgio Napolitano, the newly re-elected president of Italy. “The Pope expressed his gratitude and his admiration for the Italian president.” “Mr. President, I called to thank you for your example,” Pope Francis told the president. “You have…

Pope Francis received Andry Nirina Rajoelina, president of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar in audience at the Vatican. The president also met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States. The cordial talks, focused on the good relations…