Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday by blessing ashes and placing a call from his hospital room to a Gaza parish as Catholics around the world celebrated the first day of Lent by praying for the ...
will replace Pope Francis at Wednesday's liturgical celebration for Ash Wednesday in Rome. The Cardinal will read the Homily ...
Pope Francis participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration today as he marked the beginning of Lent in hospital. Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 with a severe ...
A cardinal has been designated to take Pope Francis’s place at Vatican celebrations this year as the pontiff remains in hospital battling double pneumonia. The practices of Ash Wednesday ...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ condition remained stable ... adding that in the morning he participated in the Ash Wednesday blessing and received the ashes and the Eucharist on the ...
Despite his hospitalization, Pope Francis "participated in the rite of the blessing of the ashes," marking the start of the ...
It was the third time they have spoken since the pope was hospitalized Feb. 14. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and leads up to Easter on April 20. A cardinal has been designated to take Francis ...