ROME — Every morning at 7 a.m. throughout the season of Lent, the seminarians and priests of the Pontifical North American College (NAC) in Rome organize a Mass in English at each day’s ...

Americans in the Eternal City have revived an old tradition: a pilgrimage to the station churches of Lent.

Lent is the season of baptismal preparation as much as penance. The freshness and wonder, ... What snowfall in Rome taught me about Lent. Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J. March 26, 2019.

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Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, ... This year's Lent occurs as Pope Francis remains hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, after being placed in critical condition over the weekend.

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis bowed his forehead to receive a dab of ashes, then smudged ashes in turn on the heads of other faithful during an Ash Wednesday service in an ancient Roman basilica.

Lent is the 40-day period of fasting and reflection before the celebration of Easter Sunday. ... fasting and preparing for his ministry. “On Fridays [during] Lent, Roman Catholics skip meat.

During Roman Catholic Mass, one of the biggest services takes place at the start of Lent. The overall purpose of Ash Wednesday is to honor the 40 days Christ spent in the desert by fasting and ...

Lent is celebrated by Christians all over the world starting on Ash Wednesday, which this year is Feb. 22, 2023. It is a season of reflection and preparation leading up to Easter Sunday, which ...

On March 5, Ash Wednesday, hundreds of residents of Rome will begin a six-and-a-half-week long pilgrimage to the Roman station churches of Lent—a tradition that began in the earliest days of ...