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March 17, 2017

Pope presides over Lenten penance service at Vatican

Pope Francis uses incense during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 17.

VATICAN CITY – A few hours after urging priests to be generously available for the sacrament of penance, Pope Francis went to confession, then offered the sacrament to seven Catholics.

Published in Vatican