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   POPE WRITES TO KOREAN PRESIDENT FOR G20 MEETING   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 11 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a Message to Lee   
   Myung-bak, president of The Republic of Korea, for the occasion of the meeting   
   of heads of State and government of the world's most industrialised countries   
   (G20), which begins today in Seoul.   
      
   The meeting, writes the Pope in his English-language Letter, "is not only of   
   global importance but also clearly expresses the significance and   
   responsibility which Asia has acquired on the international scene at the   
   beginning of the twenty-first century".   
      
   "The Catholic Church, in accordance with her specific nature, regards herself   
   as involved and shares the concerns of the leaders who will take part in the   
   Seoul Summit. I therefore encourage you to tackle the numerous serious problems   
   facing you - and which, in a sense, face every human person today - bearing in   
   mind the deeper reasons for the economic and financial crisis and giving due   
   consideration to the consequences of the measures adopted to overcome the   
   crisis itself, and to seek lasting, sustainable and just solutions.   
      
   "In doing so", the Holy Father adds, "it is my hope that there will be a keen   
   awareness that the solutions adopted, as such, will work only if, in the final   
   analysis, they are aimed at reaching the same goal: the authentic and integral   
   development of man. The world's attention focuses on you and it expects that   
   appropriate solutions will be adopted to overcome the crisis, with common   
   agreements which will not favour some countries at the expense of others".   
   MESS/VIS 20101111 (270)   
      
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