First the good news. A trade agreement between the largest and the sixth-largest economies on the planet is (in every sense) a big deal. Former President Barack Obama threatened to put Britain at the “back of the queue” if it voted for Brexit. In the event, Britain has ended up at the front. Now the […]

It was long assumed that an American pope was an impossibility. Vatican insiders would dismiss the idea of a pope from the world’s preeminent superpower as completely out of the question and barely even worth a thought. That was until around 7 p.m. Rome time on May 8, 2025, when Cardinal Dominique Mamberti emerged on […]