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En 1928, Patrick Peyton, un immigrant irlandais pauvre et sans éducation, s'embarque pour l'Amérique avec pour seul bagage sa foi et son rêve de devenir millionnaire. Arrivé en Pennsylvanie, il accepte un poste de concierge à la cathédrale, ce qui change radicalement le cours de sa vie. Devenu prêtre, il consacre sa vie à faire connaître par les médias modernes la puissance de la prière en famille, utilisant parfois la notoriété des plus grandes stars d'Hollywood. Sa renommée s'étendit à l'international et des millions de personnes assistèrent à ses rassemblements de prière.
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
Lawyers representing civil parties and accused at the trial of the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas market attack that killed five people, arrive at the Paris criminal court, which is due to deliver its verdict against four men on trial in the case. IMAGES
The EU should seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, its climate commissioner says, proposing a new interim target towards making the bloc carbon neutral in 2050. "Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should be a 90 percent emission cut" compared to 1990 levels, says commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, calling for a "fair transition" that will allow EU businesses to thrive. SOUNDBITE
Activists from the French environmental group Derniere Renovation spray orange paint at the foot of the giant Christmas tree at Strasbourg's Christmas market to highlight climate inaction as COP28 gets underway in Dubai. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).