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Fasting During Lent Is A Gesture Of Empathy, Says Pope

Aleteia - published on 03/08/13

For this years season of Lent, the Pope is asking Catholics to reflect upon a very particular demographic; the one billion people in the world who suffer from starvation everyday.

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