Thomas, said as he headed to a mass on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a Lenten season in which Pope Francis, 88 and ailing in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, would be on the minds and prayers of the ...

The Litany of the Precious Blood was compiled by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacred Liturgy, and promulgated by Pope John XXIII on February 24, 1960. This Litany is especially appropriate for ...