Read more about the article For Lent, ask if one’s life is centered on God or oneself, pope says
Pope Francis sprinkles ashes on the head of a cardinal during Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 17, 2021. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

For Lent, ask if one’s life is centered on God or oneself, pope says

"It is a time to reconsider the path we are taking…and to rediscover our profound relationship with God, on whom everything depends," he said.

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Read more about the article In Iraq, pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims
Pope Francis embraces Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, at the Vatican June 28, 2018. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8, 2021. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile)

In Iraq, pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims

"I am the pastor of people who are suffering," Pope Francis told CNS ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq March 5-8.

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