His hospitalization has led to the cancellation of public commitments and absence from important events like the Ash Wednesday Mass and the ... Hospital in Rome with flowers and candles.

McElroy, during Ash Wednesday Mass March 5, 2025 ... Prior to departing the altar to process to the back of the church where he and Cardinal Gregory greeted people as they departed the cathedral ...

Lent 2025 is also marked by record participation in Ash Wednesday Masses in France and a record number ... With progressive lighting, attention is focused on the central altar during Mass. "At the ...

Less than a week before he will be officially installed as the eighth archbishop of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass on March 5 ...

He was just supposed to give the blessing, instead he saw my flowers ... picture of Pope Francis is seen during a Mass for the celebration of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, in La Paz ...

DORCHESTER -- Beginning the solemn season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, March 5, Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated the first of his three public Masses of the day for ... and we touch here at this ...

McElroy celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass March 5 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle ... (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard) Prior to departing the altar to process to the back of ...

Introduction The history of Lent dates back to centuries ago with Christians spending time preparing to celebrate the ...