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Caption: Margaret Jackson, an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, visits with patient Joan Dymond at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y., Feb. 9. World Day of the Sick is celebrated annually Feb. 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The observance affirms the church's duty to pray for and minister to the sick and the suffering. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic)
Margaret Jackson, an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, visits with patient Joan Dymond at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y., Feb. 9. World Day of the Sick is celebrated annually Feb. 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The observance affirms the church's duty to pray for and minister to the sick and the suffering. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic)
Obama compromise on contraceptive mandate gets mixed reviews

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In an move that appears unlikely to end the controversy over a federal mandate that all health insurance plans include contraception and sterilization free of charge, President Barack Obama outlined a plan that would allow religious employers not to offer such services to their employees but would compel insurance companies to do so.

The president announced the policy in a brief statement Feb. 10, but took no questions.
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Caption: Damaged houses are seen in Homs in central Syria, in this handout picture received Feb. 8. Some priests have decided to stay in battle-scarred town, even as government forces intensified their strikes against a revolt against Syria's president, said the Vatican's nuncio in Syria. (CNS/handout via Reuters)
Damaged houses are seen in Homs in central Syria, in this handout picture received Feb. 8. Some priests have decided to stay in battle-scarred town, even as government forces intensified their strikes against a revolt against Syria's president, said the Vatican's nuncio in Syria. (CNS/handout via Reuters)
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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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