In the light of the worsening situation in Ukraine, Pope Francis on Feb. 23 called for people to fast and pray for peace on March 2, Ash Wednesday. He asked that all people would pray that “the Queen of Peace will preserve the world from the madness of war.”
Ash Wednesday is normally a day of fasting and abstinence at the start of Lent. For guidelines for prayer and fasting on Ash Wednesday, please click here.