If Mardi Gras season is the biggest party of the year, then Fat Tuesday is the ultimate final bash before the solemn Lenten ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a final celebration on March 4 with a Fat ...

Easter is a few months away, but several other religious holidays, like Ash Wednesday, are coming up. Here's when Fat Tuesday ...

6 and will close with a grand, final celebration on March 4, better known as Fat Tuesday. Originating from French traditions, the annual carnival celebration that began in Louisiana during the ...

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 ...

The term "Fat Tuesday" originates from the tradition of using up all the fats in the home before Lent as preparation for fasting and abstinence. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...