Lent, which begins Wednesday with the Ash Wednesday observance, is a season on the church calendar that generally involves ...

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Holy Saturday which precedes Easter Sunday. Check here the date of Lent 2025 and ...

Easter dinner was second in importance only to the Christmas dinner, and seasonal Spring meats such as lamb, veal or kid were customary. Prosperous farmers distributed meat amongst their poorer ...

One Irish custom of the day was that any holly left over from Christmas should be saved for the fire to make the pancakes. As eating meat was to be banned for Lent, animals were slaughtered for a ...

Palmerton resident and contributing writer Lynn Shupp brings us a firsthand look from Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, which ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Christian denominations. Here's the meaning behind one of the holiest observances in the faith.

A: Like everything else on our liturgical calendar, Lent offers abundant ... How about encouraging children to view all Lenten activities as ways to watch and wait with joyful hope?

An important day in the life of the Christian liturgical calendar is Ash Wednesday, which is this Wednesday, March 5. Ash ...

St Peter's Square is bustling, but behind the Vatican's walls, activities have slowed as the Catholic Church grapples with ...

Pope Francis' medical team has increased the pontiff's respiratory physiotherapy and active motor therapy as his doctors seek ...

Lent may be on the calendar, but it’s not something most Americans are observing. A traditional 40-day window of fasting before Easter, Lent is celebrated by around a quarter of U.S. adults, according ...