For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

The Basilica of Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill in Rome, where more than 20 cardinals and archbishops of the Roman Curia gathered for Ash Wednesday Mass on March 5 (NCR photo/Camillo Barone ...

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." ...

Pope Francis was awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy ... A cardinal took the pope's place leading a short penitential procession between two churches on the Aventine Hill, and opened an Ash ...

In his absence, the mass will be presided over by Italian Cardinal Angelo de Donatis after a procession on Rome’s Aventine Hill. Pope Francis also missed Ash Wednesday celebrations in 2022, that time ...

Pope Francis has increased his level of physical therapy and remains in stable condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday night.

A cardinal stood in for the pope, leading a brief penitential procession between two churches on Rome's Aventine Hill. During the Ash Wednesday homily, which had been prepared for the pontiff ...

Because of the continued complexity of his case, his doctors continue to hold that his "prognosis remains guarded." ...

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

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

Pope Francis had a "good night" as he enters his third week of treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said Thursday.