The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...

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As Christians around the world mark the start of the season of Lent at Ash Wednesday services, the pope is taking part in ...

At Ash Wednesday services there was special consideration for the leader of the church, Pope Francis, as he remains ...

On Wednesday, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the Major Penitentiary, celebrated the traditional Mass beginning Lent at the ...

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

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Pope Francis is awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis celebrated the start of the lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, March 5 ...

Fr. Boniface Ugwo, marks the sign of the cross with the ash on the forehead of a worshiper on Ash Wednesday at St. Francis ...

The Pope is continuing his medical treatment at Gemelli Hospital and was unable to attend the Mass held inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina located on Rome’s Aventine Hill.