Cardinal Pietro Parolin presided over the Vatican's celebrations for Ash Wednesday, which began with a procession from the Basilicas of Saint Anselm to Saint Sabina.<\/p>\n
This tradition marks the beginning of Lent, a liturgical period dedicated to penitence, fasting, and alms-giving. <\/p>\n
CARD. PIETRO PAROLIN <\/strong> The Mass coincided with the day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine called for by Pope Francis. <\/p>\n CARD. PIETRO PAROLIN <\/strong> Just days before, Cardinal Parolin announced that the Holy See is available to mediate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n After the homily he received his ashes from the titular archbishop of the basilica, the Slovak Archbishop Jozef Tomko, who is nearly 98 years old.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JRB<\/p>\n TR: JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" march,2,2022. \u201cWe implore from God that peace which men and women are incapable of building by themselves,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d0-cmD8w0x4","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcenerieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bceneriint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n The ashes bespeak the emptiness hiding behind the frenetic quest for worldly rewards. They remind us that worldliness is like the dust that is carried away by a slight gust of wind. <\/p>\n
\n On this day of prayer and fasting for Ukraine, we implore from God that peace which men and women are incapable of building by themselves.<\/p>\n