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Nothing much happened for almost 80 years, until disaster struck on the night of 4 December 1532, when a fire broke out in the chapel where it was kept behind the high altar in a silver casket housed in a niche sealed with a metal grille. It seems that Peter did not succeed in getting the exhibition closed down, as Clement replied that he was happy for the cloth to be shown as ‘an image or representation’ of the true shroud.Īfter around 60 years of being moved about, in 1453 Geoffrey’s granddaughter, Margaret, finally passed the shroud to the ducal house of Savoy, who took it to their capital at Chambéry in the Alps. Nothing more is known of this episcopal enquiry, but in 1389 one of Henry’s direct successors, Bishop Peter d’Arcis, wrote to Antipope Clement VII in Avignon to tell him of Bishop Henry’s enquiry, and to complain that the linen was being displayed again. Its owners were the local knight, Geoffrey de Charney, and his wife, Jeanne de Vergy.ĭespite the insistence of the conspiracy brigade, there is no known connection between this Geoffrey de Charney (or his son of the same name) and the famous Knight Templar called Geoffrey de Charney, who was preceptor of Normandy and was burned alongside Grand Master Jacques de Molay as a relapsed heretic in 1314, three quarters of a century earlier.Īt the time of the 1355 exhibition, Henry de Poitiers, bishop of Troyes, conducted an inquiry into the cloth, concluding that it was a ‘fraud’ which had been ‘cunningly painted, the truth being attested by the artist who had painted it, to wit, that it was a work of human skill and not miraculously wrought or bestowed’. Our first definite knowledge of the shroud is an event in around AD 1355, when it was put on show in the tiny French village of Lirey, in Champagne. The history of the long sheet falls into two categories: what is known, and what people have speculated. So, from a historical and scientific perspective: what is the shroud - and what isn’t it? Pope John Paul II called it ‘a mirror of the Gospel’, while Popes Benedict XVI and Francis have described it as ‘an icon’. The Catholic Church has made no miraculous claims for the object. The details of the sepia images are rather indistinct, and it was only in 1898, when a lawyer named Secondo Pia photographed the cloth, that the world was able to see the man’s horrific injuries, which showed up extraordinarily clearly on Pia’s photographic negatives. Or, more precisely, to see the images on the ivory-coloured fabric, which seem to depict faint life-size brown impressions of the front and back of a man. ![]() Last time the intensely controversial textile was brought out, in 2010, over 2.5 million people poured into the cathedral to see it. Inside the 15-century cathedral, an ancient, stained, and burned piece of medieval linen was removed from its airtight, bulletproof case and put on display. Last week something rather unusual happened in the quiet Italian city of Turin. ![]() But no one publicly blamed the Houthis’ sponsors in Tehran. Where the UAE and Saudi align strongly is eschewing direct conflict with Tehran.Ī deadly drone attack in Abu Dhabi late last year was claimed by the Houthis, before the rebels quickly rescinded it. Rivals share common ground on Iran policy Xi will have an interest seeing both Saudi Arabia and the UAE prosper, but Saudi is by far the bigger partner with higher potential global economic heft and, importantly, massive religious clout in the Islamic world. There are other effects too: the plans to upscale Jizan’s container handling puts Saudi in greater competition with the UAE’s container ports and potentially strains another regional rivalry, as MBS drives to become the dominant regional power, usurping UAE’s role as regional hub for global businesses. Significantly since Xi’s visit, episodic attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Jizan have abated. Jizan lies close to the border with Yemen, the scene of a bloody civil war and proxy battle between Riyadh and Tehran since 2014, sparking what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Opinion: What to make of China's role in the handshake heard round the world CRISTINO/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Mark R. ![]() Mediation in the Middle East can be a poisoned chalice, but as big as the potential gains are for China, the wider implications for the regional, and even global order, are quantifiably bigger and will resonate for years.Ĭhinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath during the Third Plenary Session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, 10 March 2023. His abrupt ending of austere Covid-19 pandemic restrictions at home is just one example, but this is a more complex roll of the dice. On Beijing’s part, China’s Gulf intervention signals its own needs, and the opportunity to act arrived in a single serving. These inconsistencies have led the Saudis to hew policy to their national interests and less to America’s needs.ĭuring his visit to Saudi last July, US President Joe Biden said: “We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia, or Iran.” It seems now that the others are walking away from him. Saudi Arabia, and MBS in particular, have become particularly frustrated with America’s flip-flop diplomacy: dialling back relations over the Crown Prince’s role in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi (which MBS denies) then calling on him to cut oil production swiftly followed by requests to increase it. What the global West sees as a fight for democratic values lacks resonance among the Gulf autocracies, and the conflict doesn’t consume them in the same way as it does leaders in European capitals. His bold visions for the country’s post fossil-fuel future and domestic stability depend on inwardly investing robust oil and gas revenues.Ĭhinese and Saudi flags in Riyadh in December 2022. Saudi has buy-in because war with Iran would wreck its economy and ruin MBS’s play for regional dominance. “Asia will become the center of knowledge, the center of economics, as well as the center of political power, and the center of military power,” Khamenei said. Tehran is isolated by international sanctions and Beijing is providing a glimmer of financial relief.Īnd, in the words of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last year, there’s also the hope of more to come as he sees geopolitical power shifting east. In 2021 the pair signed a trade deal reportedly worth up to $400 billion of Chinese investment over 25 years, in exchange for a steady supply of Iranian oil. Iran has buy-in because China has economic leverage. Xi’s motivation appears fueled by wider interests, but even so the US State Department welcomed the surprise move, spokesman Ned Price saying, “we support anything that would serve to deescalate tensions in the region, and potentially help to prevent conflict.” By de-escalating tensions between Saudi and Iran, Xi is not only shoring up his energy alternatives but, in a climate of growing tension with the US, also heading off potential curbs on his access to Gulf oil. His other main supplier, Russia, is at war, its supplies therefore in question. Xi needs energy to grow China’s economy, ensure stability at home and fuel its rise as a global power. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Reuters Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pictured in October 2021. ![]() #3: Live on less than you make.Īgain, Dave isn’t wrong here, but I’d add to his point. How do you do that? By focusing on serving others and solving problems. If you’re in debt now, it’s smart to reduce your expenses while also increasing your income. But don’t focus on paying off any and all of your loans at the expense of investing in yourself. So, to add to Dave’s point: let’s not borrow just to consume. The problem is that when people do this without knowing how to be productive, or they get over-leveraged, then they get destroyed. Yes, it’s wise to stay out of debt, but there are times when you use other people’s money to acquire assets like real estate or a business. More liabilities than assets equals debt. When you have more assets than liabilities, that’s called equity. ![]() On the right side, list your liabilities. Take out a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle. Sure, they offer us 1% on our money, but then they turn around and sell that money to other people for 4% interest.īut let’s be clear about what debt is. Banks usually are the biggest buildings in town and we’re willingly giving them free interest. While I wouldn’t use the word “stupid,” he does have a point. ![]() #2: You must get out of debt.Īt one point, Dave says, “When you spend your whole freaking life giving your money to banks who fill up the skyline and have furniture nicer than yours, that makes you stupid.” It’s a limited, finite game that doesn’t lead to your ultimate destination: wealth. When that is your focus,it minimizes the real road to wealth, which is value creation. I believe in mindful cash management, knowing where your money is going, paying yourself first, automatically saving, and not spending more than what’s left over, but I do not think budgeting is the answer.īudgeting is all about reducing, restraining, and restricting. One recent university study³ showed that when you go to the store with a budget in mind… you actually spend more money!ĭave makes the case that budgeting is biblical by quoting Luke 14:28-30, where Jesus talks about the importance of estimating the cost of building a tower so you don’t run out of money halfway through, opening yourself up to ridicule for not finishing what you started. And research has shown that budgeting actually backfires. |
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