As Christians around the world mark the start of the season of Lent at Ash Wednesday services, the pope is taking part in ...
The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who is in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.
Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...
The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter in ...
The Vatican said as of Tuesday morning, Francis no longer needed to wear the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that ...
Sin entered the world because Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the forbidden tree and broke the fast. And so began mankind’s ...
For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...