I have walked through the Lenten season in a very traditional way. On Ash Wednesday we acknowledge our humanity and our sinful ways. Some do this by having ashes placed upon their foreheads as a ...

The season of Lent for Western Catholics began on Ash Wednesday, March 5; for Eastern Rite Catholics, Lent began on Clean ...

This past Wednesday, many churches began the observance of the season of Lent. The time marks a period of preparation to ...

Fish fries are, of course, very important yearly fundraisers for churches, VFWs, fire halls and more. But the fish fry also means community building, catching up with old friends and honoring ...

ROME—Pope Francis said the Lenten journey reminds the Church that hope in Jesus Christ ultimately overcomes fears of fragility, weakness, and the brevity of life. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, reading ...

The season of Lent began this week. Though I’ve never attended a church that observes Lent, I’ve been doing some soul-searching and researching about the Christian tradition. I learned that Lent is an ...

Pope Francis remains on daily oxygen therapy during his third week in the hospital, with his prognosis still "guarded," the ...

This year, the world bears witness to an extraordinary celestial and spiritual alignment: Ramadan and Lent, which started on ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has welcomed the largest number of candidates and catechumens to the Diocese of Westminster's Rite ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...