Catholic cardinals in Rome marked the start of the Lent religious season on Wednesday without Pope Francis, as the ...

In his prepared March 9 homily for the first Sunday of Lent, the Holy Father said difficulties and trials do not "end in ...

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

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

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

At Ash Wednesday services there was special consideration for the leader of the church, Pope Francis, as he remains ...

In his message for Lent 2025, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of living one’s life as a constant journey of conversion ...

In his prepared March 5 catechesis, the Holy Father spoke about the 12-year-old Jesus’ desire to live his mission as the Son ...

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 ...

We have come in the Christian year to the season of Lent. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on March 5.