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Caption: A woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington last year. This year's papal Lenten message, released Feb. 7, calls for Christians to be concerned for the well-being of others. (CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
A woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington last year. This year's papal Lenten message, released Feb. 7, calls for Christians to be concerned for the well-being of others. (CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
Lent is time to help others spiritually, materially, pope says

By Mary Shovlain
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In his Lenten message, Pope Benedict XVI called on the faithful to be concerned for one another and "not to remain isolated and indifferent" to the fate of others.

Materialism and a sense of self-sufficiency are obstacles to a Christian life of charity, the pope said.
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Caption: Jesuit Father Gregory C. Chisholm, pastor at St. Charles Borromeo Church in the Harlem section of New York, gestures as he delivers his homily during the annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Feb. 5. The Mass also was celebrated in observance of the National Day of Prayer for the African-American and African Family. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Jesuit Father Gregory C. Chisholm, pastor at St. Charles Borromeo Church in the Harlem section of New York, gestures as he delivers his homily during the annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Feb. 5. The Mass also was celebrated in observance of the National Day of Prayer for the African-American and African Family. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 41, No. 35 (Feb. 9, 2011):

-- "To hell with you" is the message the Obama administration sent U.S. Catholics in deciding that most religious organizations won't be able to opt out of a new federal mandate that employers' health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization, says Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh.

-- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops releases a list of "frequently asked questions" about the government's contraceptive mandate.

-- Have Americans lost their concern for the poor? "Sometimes we hear language and share attitudes that deride persons living in poverty," observes Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio. Ending poverty requires everyone's involvement, he says.

-- The key to resolving governance concerns between bishops and Catholic health care leaders is "providing occasions and regular structures where respectful, open and honest dialogue can take place," says Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz.
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