Pope Leo: Lenten Ashes Carry ‘the Weight of a World That Is Ablaze’

Daniel Ibáñez
Pope Leo XIV leads the traditional Ash Wednesday penitential procession on Rome’s Aventine Hill on Feb. 18, 2026.

In his homily, the Pope urged Catholics to treat Lent as a time when the Church is renewed as a true community, even as modern society finds it harder to come together in communion.

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