On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still ... Prayers continued to ...

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

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church opened the solemn ... and was to read a homily prepared for the pontiff marking Ash Wednesday In its latest update on Francis, the Vatican said that the ...

Here’s the origin of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter, when Lent ends and why the dates they fall on change every year.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has increased his physical activity, called the Catholic parish priest in Gaza and ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week ... that he was still very much in charge. In Mexico City, a few dozen people gathered Thursday night at the cathedral ...