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The year the pope canceled Lent
Nico Fassino, The Pillar
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
It was 1890 and a deadly pandemic was sweeping the globe. Hundreds of millions of people were sick and more than a million had died. Pope Leo XIII issued a decree permitting the entire slate of Lenten fasting and abstinence regulations to be dispensed for the entire world: an act of compassion for the millions of suffering people around the globe.