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The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia. A ...

In South Florida, Catholics attended mass at churches in greater numbers to commemorate Ash Wednesday, which marks the first ...

The solemn day is even more so as Pope Francis continues to experience a health crisis, though reports seem to indicate ...

Father Jim Curran, pastor of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk encourages parishioners and ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

Pope Francis is still in the hospital as the church he leads marks the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The Vatican says ...

A passing motorist helped bring attention to a driver who had been trapped for nearly a day after their car crashed down a ...

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

The Vatican appears to have modified its position against gender-affirming surgery and “gender theory” last year, raising the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ condition remained stable on Wednesday (March 5), according to a Vatican statement ...

As Christians around the world mark the start of the season of Lent at Ash Wednesday services, the pope is taking part in ...