ROME (TNND) — Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period.

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

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.

In a few days, Christians will begin practicing the 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, known as Lent. The period is ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, the 88-year-old's ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends ...

Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...

Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

The purpose of ashes dates back to early Roman practices, according to britannica.com. Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent. These people wore sackcloth ...