will replace Pope Francis at Wednesday's liturgical celebration for Ash Wednesday in Rome. The Cardinal will read the Homily ...

Pope Francis participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration today as he marked the beginning of Lent in hospital. Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 with a severe ...

Despite his hospitalization, Pope Francis "participated in the rite of the blessing of the ashes," marking the start of the Catholic Lent. The cardinals celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass at the ...

Pope Francis increased his physical therapy on Ash Wednesday as his condition remained stable, marking the beginning of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish priest in ...

Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday by blessing ashes and placing a call from his hospital room to a Gaza parish as Catholics around the world celebrated the first day of Lent by praying for the ...

A cardinal has been designated to take Pope Francis’s place at Vatican celebrations this year as the pontiff remains in hospital battling double pneumonia. The practices of Ash Wednesday ...