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 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 ...

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

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

Lent is one of the five seasons of the Catholic liturgical calendar which precedes Easter. It is observed by Catholics, Protestants, Lutherans and other denominations. Lent is a 40-day observance ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian ... year's palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration. The ashes from the palms are then blessed by a priest or deacon.

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 ...

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