VATICAN CITY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Pope Leo lamented a world "in flames" due to wars and the destruction ‌of the environment during an Ash Wednesday Mass, opening the ‌season of Lent for the world's ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and ...

Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old Testament, where ashes on the forehead was "a sign of repentance for sins, ...

Italy Pope Ash Wednesday Pope Leo XIV, left, arrives, with bishops and cardinals in a penitential procession marking the start of the Catholic Lent, at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo lamented a world "in flames" due to wars and the destruction of the environment during ⁠an Ash Wednesday Mass, opening the season ‌of Lent for the world's Christians. Before ...