Where human lives are concerned, time is always short, yet the world has witnessed the vast resources that governments can draw upon to rescue financial institutions deemed 'too big to fail.'

There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none.

There are those who would advocate that the voice of religion be silenced, or at least relegated to the purely private sphere.

Pope Benedict XVI Quotes