The 83-year-old pontiff did not attend the penitential liturgy — which is an important event at beginning of the Lenten season — at the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome
On Thursday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which hasn't reported any case of coronavirus, took extraordinary steps to prevent the disease from spreading to the country
The decision comes at a time where the number of confirmed cases in the country has touched 893 in less than a week, along with eight deaths in less than ten days
Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the Lent and will draw millions of Christians across the world, including Catholics, to churches to observe the day
By contrast, patients living with HIV who had the lowest levels of quality of life and more mental health challenges were privately religious, the research added
Right Wing Watch, a group that "monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations," posted a part of a sermon prayer in a video clip.
A heated argument took place between French President and Israeli security personnel outside the Church of Saint Anne, a French territory, in Jerusalem's Old City