Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

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

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start ...

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.

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

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

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

The theme of the retreat, which will take place from the evening of March 9 through the morning of March 14, is “The Hope of ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.