In fairness, most people inside the Church agree, seeing inclusion and equality before God as central values of the Christian gospel.

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Yet, faced with apparently fudged criteria and the inclusion of Italy, the European Central Bank might then choose to follow a tighter monetary policy, making the new currency harder, not softer.

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Inclusion as part of the Financial Stability Forum, a group of regulators and central bankers charged with the technicalities of financial supervision, may also make them more willing to support an expansion of the fund.

ECONOMIST: The G20 in London