At 18.00 today, first Sunday of Lent, at the Casa Divin Maestro in Ariccia, there will begin the Spiritual Exercises of the Roman Curia, in which the Holy Father Francis will participate.

The meditations will be proposed by the Abbot Bernardo Francesco Maria Gianni, O.S.B. Oliv., of the Abbey of San Miniato al Monte, and will take as their theme: “The city of ardent desires”. For Paschal looks and gestures in the life of the world”.

The Exercises will conclude on Friday 15 March.

During the week of the Spiritual Exercises, all audiences will be suspended, including the General Audience of Wednesday 13 March.