purple linens adorn the altar, and priests don violet chasubles for Mass and Stations of the Cross services. Behind the practices, traditions and liturgies of Lent are a wealth of spiritual ...

Lent, the season of penitence, is the preparation of the soul to accompany the Lord in the Passion. It begins now, and ...

Ash Wednesday is a special day when Christian faithful mark the beginning of the Lent season that is observed in the 40 days ...

Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.

Decked in a purple robe symbolizing the Lenten season ... the burned remains of palm branches on their foreheads, drawing a cross. "Repent and believe in the gospel," Vigneron said to each of ...