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Mammon has the money but God has the best lines

Much has been made of how the world’s ancient religions might be able to guide a cultural recalibration in the City. The majority of it has been, frankly, unconvincing

Last week was a big one in the world of finance, with the UK Budget, the European Union introducing bonus caps for fund managers and Cyprus noisily imploding. But it was also a big week, to put it mildly, for one of the world’s main religions.

On Monday, an inauguration mass was held in St Peter's Square in Rome for Pope Francis, the 266th Roman Catholic pontiff, and on Thursday, Justin Welby, who also happens to sit on the UK parliamentary banking commission, was enthroned as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury.

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