Vatican - Pope Calls For Unselfishness

T/I: 10:53:31 Pope John Paul II, in a speech marking Ash Wednesday (3/1), said fasting was good for the body as well as the soul. Abstinence and fasting is a Catholic tradition on Ash Wednesday, the day marking the start of the 40-day Lenten period of penance before Easter. As a reminder of their mortality, some catholics smudge a little ash on their foreheads. Speaking in the Basilica of Saint Sabina in Rome, the pontiff called on the catholic faithful gathered to hear his weekly public audie