Pope Francis will again celebrate the traditional procession from the Roman church of San Anselmo to the nearby basilica of Santa Sabina, on the Roman Aventine hill, on the occasion of Ash Wednesday, next March 2, after this ceremony had to be held in St. Peter’s Basilica last year due to the pandemic.
In this way, the rite that John XXIII inaugurated in 1962 will be resumed with the penitential procession that will begin at 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. GMT) from the Basilica of San Anselmo to the nearby Basilica of Santa Sabina, where at 5:00 p.m. 00:00 (16:00 GMT) the pope will celebrate mass with the blessing and imposition of ashes.
Last year, due to sanitary measures, Francis also did not carry the cross with ashes on the foreheads of the faithful, but instead placed the ashes on their heads to avoid contact.
While it is expected to know how Holy Week will be celebrated this year in the Vatican, after the 2021 restrictions, Francis canceled the Spiritual Exercises that he was celebrating together with the Roman Curia at the Casa Divino Maestro de Ariccia, on the outskirts of Rome.
The Office of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations also reported that on March 4 at 10:30 a.m. (9:30 GMT) the ordinary public consistory will be held for the vote on some causes of canonization, while at the end of the month, on the 25th, at 5:00 p.m. 00:00 (16:00 GMT) the pope will preside over the Celebration of Penance in San Pedro. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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