Dominican Procurator-General on Pope's Visit to Santa Sabina

Pope Benedict will travel up Rome’s Aventine Hill on Wednesday to preside at the Mass of Ash Wednesday, and distribute ashes on the first day of Lent. The Church is one of the oldest in Rome, and is the first of the so-called Station Churches, where mass is said at a different church each day of Lent.

The Church is under the care of the Dominican Order. The Procurator-General of the Dominicans is Father Robert Umbres. He spoke to Tracey McClure about the significance of the papal visit...