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Picture: Getty Images Instead Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis read out the pope’s homily at the mass at Rome’s Santa Sabina basilica, which was preceded by a procession joined by around 20 ...

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

Over a billion Catholics worldwide and a million in the Archdiocese of Atlanta ushered in the start of Lent while Pope Francis remained hospitalized in a precarious condition.

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

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

On Wednesday, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the Major Penitentiary, celebrated the traditional Mass beginning Lent at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, and read the homily prepared by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, the 88-year-old's condition stable but still complex as he undergoes treatment for double ...

Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday on his 20th day in Rome's Gemelli hospital by taking part in the rite of the blessing of the ashes and receiving them in a short prayer service, the Vatican said.

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

While Pope Francis remained in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass in his place in a poignant ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on ...

It is argued there is one other fifth-century representation of the crucifixion, which is carved on a wooden panel on the door of the church of Santa Sabina in Rome. It is claimed the amulet is one of ...