Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (Domenico Stinellis/The Associated Press) ...

"The time of Lent is a special time of almsgiving, when we share ourselves with others," Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect ...

We have 82 volunteers and we are open all week long,” said Cardinal Krajewski, the pope’s charity point man, adding that each doctor has one or two on-calls in the clinic, and that the Lenten ...

The season of Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday, March 5. Pope Francis presides over Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome on Feb. 14, 2024. (photo: Vatican Media / VM ...

Christopher Lamb, CNN, Rome. Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week observances, after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask ...

(photo: Vatican Media / VM ) Kristina Millare/CNA Vatican March 5, 2025 Pope Francis said the Lenten journey reminds the Church that hope in Jesus Christ ultimately overcomes fears of fragility ...