Pope Asks Help for Hungry in Lenten Message
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From Associated Press
Declaring that “faith must be accompanied by concrete actions,” Pope John Paul II in his annual Lenten message urges all Christians to undertake more initiatives to help “those who suffer from hunger.”
Lent, a penitential season leading to Easter and recalling the 40 days Jesus fasted in the wilderness, begins next week for western Christendom on Ash Wednesday.
The Pope’s message called for sharing of “goods with those who have none” and strengthening of programs to make people “self-sufficient in providing their own food.”
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