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It is tradition for Catholics around the world to participate in the Stations of the Cross each Friday during Lent. However, for EWTN foundress Mother Angelica, it was a daily devotion.
The President of the Republic of Ivory Coast has donated food items to the humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops in the country to help reach out to vulnerable persons in the West African nation described as those “living this time of Lent”.
The pope will once again preside over the Via Crucis at the Colosseum on Good Friday.
It is tradition for Catholics around the world to participate in the Stations of the Cross each Friday during Lent. However, for EWTN foundress Mother Angelica, it was a daily devotion.
The pope was speaking at his Wednesday general audience.
The pope’s homily was read by Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
"May the corporal fasting to which Lent calls us fortify our spirit for the battle against sin,” Pope Francis said.