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Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them, pope says

Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them, pope says On: 2/12/2021,  By Cindy Wooden, , In: World .A man receives ashes on Ash Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York in 2014. In his message for Lent, Pope Francis said the season is a time for renewing faith, hope and love. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) .Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome in this March 7, 2019, file photo. In his message for Lent, Pope Francis said the season is a time for renewing faith, hope and love. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them

Pope: Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 VATICAN CITY (CNS) As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone or frightened because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said. “Love rejoices in seeing others grow. Hence it suffers when others are anguished, lonely, sick, homeless, despised or in need,” the pope wrote in his message for Lent 2021. The message, released by the Vatican Feb. 12, focuses on Lent as “a time for renewing faith, hope and love” through the traditional practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. And, by going to confession.

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