Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, is a period of preparation for Easter Sunday, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Excluding Sundays, Lent comprises the 40 days leading up to ...

THE Lenten sacrifice brings about the ability to love and increase our openness to others. Those who have an abundance of ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith ... the ashes used in the Ash Wednesday service are ...

The Christian world today begins a 40-day period of praying, fasting, arms-giving and self-denial with Ash Wednesday. This ...

The cross, placed on a worshiper's forehead by a priest, indicates that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and is grieving and ...

Pope Francis remains hospitalized on Ash Wednesday. Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the ...

Students at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights helped prepare the way for Ash Wednesday and the ...

Christians will get one last nibble on their paczkis and king cakes as Mardi Gras and the Carnival Season give way to Ash ...

Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and many Christians will observe the day by going to Mass to be blessed with ashes.

TOLEDO, Ohio — It was a busy Friday for the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in west Toledo as it kicked off its annual fish fry for the season of Lent. The event attracted more than 200 people and ...