The pope "rested well" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, his 20th day in the hospital, the Vatican said.

The Vatican has made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Pope Francis still had a long road to ...

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

In the afternoon, the Vatican said Pope Francis alternated between rest and work. Big picture view: Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and leads up to Easter on April 20. A cardinal has been designa ...

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Pope Francis' medical team has increased the pontiff's respiratory physiotherapy and active motor therapy as his doctors seek ...

ROME (TNND) — Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period.

For many Catholics and Christians, Ash Wednesday kicks off Lent and the Easter season next week. Here's what Ash Wednesday is ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, a Vatican official and former vicar of Rome ...

According to Vatican News, Ash Wednesday’s origins are different from why people observe the day now. Its roots are in publicly paying penance for serious sins or crimes in the eyes of the ...