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Den of Thieves

21/11/2015

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This week the Vatican ordered the arrest of an Italian journalist by the name of Gianluigi Nuzzi for obtaining secret state documents. The Vatican have accused Nuzzi of trying to reap financial gain from publishing hidden information and Vatican secrets in his new book ‘Merchants in the Temple'.

It’s always concerning when we see someone being persecuted for speaking out against a government or for exposing unpleasant truths about the institutions which have helped formulate western culture, but Gianluigi Nuzzi has taken that brave step and in doing so has become the Vatican State’s Edward Snowden.

Nuzzi’s aim is to expose the corruption within the Vatican and in particular within the Vatican bank. One of Nuzzi’s claims is that the Vatican have misappropriated funds gathered from church collections, in particular a worldwide collection called ‘Peter’s Pence’.

Peter’s Pence is collected in churches all over the world, and it totals about €60 million annually.
Nuzzi claims that in the last few years sixty per cent of the donations have been used to pay off bad debts accrued by the Vatican and its council.

Nuzzi also claims that the Vatican bank have in their possession hundreds of thousands of Euro held in the names of dead Popes, with no explanation as to the purpose of these funds or as to who manages these accounts. Nuzzi elaborates that in the Vatican bank there exists many hidden people with useable interests. He claims to have possession of reports which identify the existence of accounts of ‘lay people’ who have nothing to do with the Vatican, these accounts are worth millions of Euros according to Nuzzi.

The Vatican continues to be rocked by scandals over the last few years but blind faith has prevented a backlash which would cause the collapse of any other government in the western world. If Nuzzi’s claims are true it would mean that an institute we trust to carry out the good will of fellow man holds no integrity in its mission to help the poor. I think it’s about time we demanded full transparency as to exactly what’s going on within the Vatican bank and stop allowing corrupt organisation to continue stealing money out of the pockets of people who are acting in good will.
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"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." Matthew 21:12-13
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There IS A Time

15/11/2015

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There is a season for every activity under the heavens, we must make peace where we can make peace, offer shelter to those who seek it, and always uphold the principles of democracy which allow us the privilege of living in a free society, a society built on the values of liberty, equality and fraternity.  

The co-ordinated attacks in Paris last Friday which killed 129 innocent people were an aggressive act of war by the Islamic State.

I believe we need to demonstrate the composure required in this situation to acknowledge that we are dealing with a very serious entity here, an infantile state with a growing desire to flex its talons. We need to show that composure to realise that we are not dealing with pop up terrorists, or brain washed religious bigots who are too foolish to recognise their own mortality.

We need to be sure that our actions are not based on an emotional reaction right now.  We need to ensure that we don’t shut our eyes to the geopolitical landscape, as this will prevent us from figuring out a solution to the issues which face the Middle East, issues which have a direct impact on Europe and are now beginning to cost European lives. We need to ensure we don’t form biases which will only hurt our culture and our principles of free thought and freedom of expression.

We need to make peace with those who wish to make peace, we need to negotiate with those who share equal or comparable principles with us, but we also need to protect those who need our help, to acknowledge that we can’t negotiate with a foreign state which suppresses basic human rights, a state which has declared war on Europe. Now we must act in a way which will result in the destruction of that institution, an institution which I believe would surpass the evils of any fascist regime we’ve seen in the past should it continue to grow any stronger.

​Now indeed is the time for war. We must tear down this state of evil which threatens the free world, but in its place we must be prepared to build, we must be prepared to mend, we must learn to understand the reasons behind the rise in radicalism and build new foundations which will create global stability, global equality and a season of peace on this green earth. 
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