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Message to COP22, being held in Marrakesh November 7 to 18. "We can and we must employ our intelligence to guide technology, as well as to cultivate and also to limit our power, and to ‘put it at the service of another type of progress, one which is healthier, more human, more social, more integral". "The style of life based on the culture gap is unsustainable and should have no place in our models of development and education".

"The Lord tries to wake them up, help them to convert. But the Lord also acts "in another way: He invites us: 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock.'" "The importance of being able to" feel when the Lord knocks at our door "," because he wants to give us something good, wants to join us. "

The Kurdish-based HDP opposition party stands alone in parliament against the country’s changing political system, expected to be decided in a referendum in April 2017. If Erdogan’ wins, he will have concentrated power in his own hands. Meanwhile, the Turkish lira is paying the price of instability dropping 6 per cent against the dollar in a month. Repression after the failed coup is now sweeping the school system.

The deal provides for the sale of tanks, artillery systems, combat aircraft and military helicopters. On the agreement weighs the possible veto of the UN Security Council. Russian official: "Ready to continue negotiations." Iran and China decide to carry out joint military exercises and cooperate in the fight against terrorism.

In his Sunday homily, the cardinal appealed to political leaders to form a government that is “consensual and effective”. Slamming patronage, he hopes to see the new cabinet sworn in before Independence Day. Prime Minister designate Hariri ended his first round of consultations. One goal is to overcome divisions over the distribution of cabinet posts and mandates.

This morning a suicide attack in the south-west of the capital has caused eight deaths. Over the weekend a series of explosions killed at least 11 civilians, dozens wounded. So far there are no official claims. Special forces have recaptured the ancient Assyrian city. The jihadists had destroyed heritage sites, considered pagan.

The Jubilee of the socially excluded celebrated on the day when the Holy Doors close across the world . "Those who follow Jesus do not listen to the prophets of doom, the vanities of horoscopes, to sermons and predictions that engender fears, distracting from what matters."

Last Saturday Jubilee Audience, the eve of the closure of all the Holy Doors, except St. Peter. No one is excluded from the love and mercy of Jesus, "even the greatest sinner. Nobody". Yesterday for the last "Friday of mercy" the Pope met seven families formed by young men who have left the priesthood.

Christian and Muslim leaders gather in the Iranian capital to discuss dialogue, extremism, violence and security. Cardinal Onaiyekan stresses the importance of practical actions and political decisions in the interests of peace. Iraqi Sunni leader: United to counter the radical ideology. Ayatollah Mohaghegh Damad: Iran a land of dialogue that promotes friendship between Christianity and Islam.

For Patriarch Sako, old unclear policies have been rejected, but a sense of "foreboding and fear" for the future remain. The White House’s new resident is more a businessman than a policeman of the international order. Obama leaves a region worse off. Questions remain over Gulf States alliances with the Gulf and the future of the Iran nuclear agreement.

"The only way to love as Jesus loved is continuously leaving behind one’s selfishness and go out to serve others". This is because Christian love "is a concrete love, because God's presence is tangible in Jesus Christ."

Daesh and jihadist websites celebrate the victory of the Republican candidate. Trump will show "the ugly face of America." He is a "stupid bull, arrogant and conceited, dumber than Bush." For the ideologue of al Qaeda it is the beginning of the "destruction" of the US. Netanyahu recalls the "iron link" between the two countries. The invitation to Washington at the "first opportunity."