Ash Wednesday Marks Beginning of Lent

(17 Feb 10 - RV) Pope Benedict on Wednesday afternoon is scheduled to lead a procession from Sant’Anselmo Church to Santa Sabina, both on Rome’s Aventine Hill. At Santa Sabina, he is scheduled celebrate the Mass for Ash Wednesday, and distribute Ashes.


We spoke to the Procurator General of the Dominican Order Fr. Robert Ombres, who lives at Santa Sabina. He told us about the significance of the procession at the beginning of Lent...