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Catholics around the world pray for Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday procession in Rome launches Lent as Catholics unite in prayer for Pope Francis
The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who is in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.
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Pope Francis thanks public for prayers in first public comments since hospitalization
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ABP News on MSNHistory & Significance Of Lent, 40 Days Of Fasting Or Abstinence Christians Observe Before EasterChristians across the world observe a 40-day period called Lent. It represents the 40 days in the Bible that Jesus had spent fasting and praying in the desert. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, and this year,
a Vatican official and former vicar of Rome, will preside over the March 5 ceremony and procession that inaugurates the church’s solemn Lenten season leading up to Easter in April. The Vatican ...
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