Lent 2025: when does it start and why do Christians observe it? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

When times seem uncertain, as they do currently, both globally and nationally, it is, perhaps, important to discover new and ...

It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season. In advance of the start of Lent, there is Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras. When is Fat ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

On the first day of Lent, the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., will host an exhibit on the Shroud of ...

The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary ...

Mardi Gras will come to the University of Missouri next month, in part thanks to a campus Catholic parish. Newman Parish will ...

If Candlemas be fair and bright, winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter will not come ...

The Secret of the Holy Face” is a Lenten Retreat coming up on Saturday, March 8 at St. Michael’s Parish in Buckman. Speakers are Cathy Maloney-Hills, OSF and ...

Whether it's during Lent or anytime you're craving fried fish, these 11 places have the best around Shreveport ...