The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis couldn't celebrate Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent outside the hospital.

The Vatican said Friday that Cardinal Angelo De Donatis will replace Pope Francis at next week's liturgical celebration for Ash Wednesday in Rome. "On the first day of Lent there will be a celebration ...

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

The call of Lent, Pope Francis wrote, is a call to turn to the Lord and so become "a sign of hope for the world." ...

The Pope is continuing his medical treatment at Gemelli Hospital and was unable to attend the Mass held inside the Basilica ...

The stational Mass and central ceremony of the distribution of ashes has long been celebrated, not at Saint Peter’s Basilica ...

While Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve, the Vatican announced that he will not lead his traditional Ash Wednesday services in Rome March 5.

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

Despite several days of slight improvement in his overall clinical status, Pope Francis Friday suffered what doctors ...

People of Catholic faith observed Ash Wednesday around the world, and South Florida was no exception.Miami Archbishop Thomas ...

Cardinals arrive at Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, to attend a mass presided over by Cardinal Major ...