Ash Wednesday in Rome began like this: with a procession from the Church of St. Anselm to the Basilica of Santa Sabina. A short 200-meter walk, presided over for the first time by Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once at Santa Sabina, located on the Aventine Hill\u2014one of Rome\u2019s seven hills\u2014he began the Mass to commemorate the start of Lent, a holy season dedicated to preparation and penance before Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> The pope also took the opportunity to highlight the role young people play in the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> Pope Leo also spoke about sin, noting that it is always present in daily life and at every level. He encouraged reflection on this during this liturgical season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> The rite of the imposition of ashes is the most characteristic moment of this day. It symbolizes human fragility and mortality. The pope was the first to receive the ashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He then imposed the blessed ashes on the cardinals and many of those present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Covering oneself with ashes has been a sign of repentance since the times of the Old Testament, expressing the desire to begin a time of interior renewal, which, for Christians, ends in the joy of Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ash Wednesday in Rome began like this: with a procession from the Church of St. Anselm to the Basilica of Santa Sabina. A short 200-meter walk, presided over for the first time by Pope Leo XIV. Once at Santa Sabina, located on the Aventine Hill\u2014one of Rome\u2019s seven hills\u2014he began the Mass to commemorate the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":87035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C3wAaW8yb6U","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmercoledicenerieng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmercolediceneriint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87034"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87034"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87043,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87034\/revisions\/87043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Lent, even today, is a strong time of community: \u2018Gather the people, call a solemn assembly.\u2019 We know how increasingly difficult it is to bring people together and to feel like a people\u2014not in a nationalistic or aggressive way, but in the communion in which each person finds his or her own place.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is they, in fact\u2014the young\u2014who clearly perceive that a more just way of living is possible and that there are responsibilities for what is not working in the Church and in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Certainly, sin is always personal, but it takes shape in the real and virtual environments we frequent, in the attitudes with which we influence one another, often within actual \u2018structures of sin\u2019 of an economic, cultural, political, and even religious nature.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n