Ash Wednesday is a significant day in the Christian calendar, signifying the beginning of the observance of Lent, which precedes Easter. This year, the day falls on Wednesday, March 5. It's ...

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 ...

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis replaced Pope Francis in Ash Wednesday celebrations. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory ...

Vatican City, Feb 14, 2024 / 12:15 pm. On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis said that Lent is a time to look inward at our true selves and to share our deepest desires, worries, and weaknesses with the ...

With Ash Wednesday now delegated to a cardinal, the next major events come during Holy Week and Easter, which this year falls on April 20. 5 Pope Francis in Rome on January 25, 2025.

Pope Francis is celebrating Ash Wednesday as usual -- even though other Masses in Italy were canceled due to fears of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Pope Francis sprinkles a member of the clergy with ashes during the Ash Wednesday Mass leading Catholics into Lent at St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Feb. 17, 2021.

The pope "rested well" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, ... Wednesday marks Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, ...

This year's Ash Wednesday occurs as Pope Francis remains hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after he was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14 for a respiratory illness.

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – Thousands of Northeast Wisconsinites headed to church for Ash Wednesday. St. Raphael the Archangel ...

A cardinal will take Pope Francis’s place at Ash Wednesday celebrations this year as the pontiff remains in hospital (AP)Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day period of abstinence.