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

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

As wildfires have burned recently across southern California, the ash from burned trees and brush is lifted in the air, then carried by the wind and eventually lands somewhere else. This ash is ...

Lent, a 40-day-period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions ... the months-long celebration actually leads up to Ash Wednesday. It's often seen as the final burst of excitement before ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of reflection, prayer and penance. Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to ...