Aetekaf refers to a spiritual retreat or ritual seclusion in a mosque in the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramazan when the faithful dedicate themselves to worship and stay away from worldly ...

The theme of the retreat ... Starting in Lent 2014, Pope Francis chose to hold the spiritual exercises at a retreat house in the town of Ariccia, about 20 miles southeast of Rome in the Alban ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis followed the Vatican's weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference ... this week on "The hope of eternal life," a theme that was chosen well before Francis was ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital ... on “The hope of eternal life,” a theme that was chosen well before Francis ...