Courtesy of Watts and Co. (photo: Courtesy of Watts and Co.) Jack Figge Features March 4, 2025 For 40 days every Lenten season, purple linens adorn the altar, and priests don violet chasubles for ...

The 88-year-old pontiff is now able to spend some time during the day off high flows of oxygen and use just ordinary supplemental oxygen delivered by a nasal tube, the Holy See press office said.

In the photo, Pope Francis wore purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in front of an altar in the hospital chapel.

Over the last week, the 88-year-old’s condition has stabilised and doctors said he was no longer in imminent danger of death.

Something as simple as using purple placemats or playing any of the classic requiem Masses would help create a Lenten atmosphere in the domestic church. Q: For young children and those who are ...

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Still, very little is discussed about Lenten adornments, aside from splashes of purple owing to the creative challenges presented by the pared-down season. Lent is not impeded upon by Easter in ...

The photo, showing Francis wearing a Lenten purple stole, marked the first image of the pope since he was admitted to Gemelli Feb. 14 with a complex lung infection that developed into double ...