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

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

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

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.

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

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

Christians across the world observe a 40-day period called Lent. It represents the 40 days in the Bible that Jesus had spent ...

If we do experience war, chronic hunger, food insecurity, financial limitations, or health issues, Great Lent is for us, too. In first-century Rome, unwanted babies were left out in the elements ...

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

The Vatican said as of Tuesday morning, Francis no longer needed to wear the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. This year, Lent begins on March 5 and ends on April 17. Lent is 40 days ...