By Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN) – Against the backdrop of the European debt crisis and the birth of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Vatican on Monday called for a new “global public authority” to help reform the world’s finance… more »

UK Daily Mail By Daily Mail Reporter Sir John Major – who as prime minister signed up to the Maastricht Treaty – has joined calls for a renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with Brussels. His intervention piles further pressure on David Came… more »

By: Catherine BoyleStaff Writer, CNBC.com Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned that the global economy is entering a "dangerous new phase" on Friday, ahead of the G7 summit in Marseilles, France.… more »

Cr Editorial note: When a culture begins to hate its own young, that is when things are beginning to get very worrisome indeed. Major sicknesses frequently begin with minor symptoms popping up here and there....wonder where this mini-trend goes? Wha… more »

UK Telegraph By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard On one side of the Atlantic, the eurozone debt crisis has spread to the countries that may be too big to save - Spain and Italy - though RBS thinks a €3.5 trillion rescue fund would ensure survival of Europe's… more »