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Replacing Fear and Hopelessness with Fearlessness and Joy.

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Pope sends letter of support to ‘Tarzan’ and squatters of Rome

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Pope Francis responded with a pledge of ‘warm encouragement’ for occupation of buildings next to papal summer residence

At one end of the correspondence: His Holiness, Pontiff Francis I, Vicar of Christ, Pope of Rome. At the other: Andrea Alzetta, an insurgent agitator from a movement that squats in empty properties – known as “Tarzan” in Italian revolutionary circles.

In an exchange of letters that could only belong to the transformed papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Alzetta addresses the pontiff as “my dearest Pope Francis”. His holiness replies with a pledge of “warm encouragement” for the latter’s occupation of scenic buildings and grounds right next door to his papal summer residence

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German mayoral candidate stabbed in attack linked to migrants policy

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Chancellor Merkel condemns attack on Henriette Reker, said to be in stable condition with neck wounds, on eve of Cologne election

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has expressed shock over the stabbing of a political ally, in an attack police said was linked to the migrant crisis.

Henriette Reker, an independent close to Merkel’s ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), suffered serious wounds to the neck in the attack in the western city of Cologne, which is to elect its mayor on Sunday, on Saturday morning.

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