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\"\"\u201cIn communion with your bishops I invite you, the lay faithful, not to fail to use your skills and responsibilities to contribute to the construction of the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n

A big challenge from the Pope!\u00a0 At the Angelus on Sunday, October 9, Pope Benedict exhorted lay Catholics to work toward the good of society.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And our Holy Father, speaking in Calabria, in the south of Italy, led by example:\u00a0 After lunch with local bishops at the episcopal residence of Bishop Luigi Antonio Cantafora, bishop of the Diocese of Lamezia Terme, Pope Benedict visited the local Caritas canteen, where he offered lunch to the poor.\u00a0 \u00a0The menu for the poor there at Caritas was the same as that which the pope and bishops had enjoyed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn communion with your bishops I invite you, the lay faithful, not to fail to use your skills and responsibilities to contribute to the construction of the common good.\u201d A big challenge from the Pope!\u00a0 At the Angelus on Sunday, October 9, Pope Benedict exhorted lay Catholics to work toward the good of society.\u00a0 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,52,195],"tags":[297,2745,2749,388,2866],"class_list":["post-4454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caritas","category-charity","category-pope-benedict-xvi","tag-angelus","tag-caritas","tag-charity","tag-common-good","tag-pope-benedict-xvi"],"yoast_head":"\nWork Toward the Common Good, Pope Exhorts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A big challenge from the Pope! 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