After this year’s extended period of Ordinary Time, Christian believers will soon begin the penitential season of Lent. St. Luke tells us that after his baptism, the Lord Jesus was “filled wit ...

The 40-day period of Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. See the 2025 dates, and why and how Christians observe the religious ...

In his catechesis, the Holy Father also reflected on how Jesus’ parents, Mary and Joseph, had to mature in their own ...

Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, and during this time, many people give up something that they love, such as their ...

Over two thousand years, the church has developed some excellent traditions to help us benefit from this time. Here are the ...

Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

As the Mardi Gras celebration ends, so begins the solemn period of Lent observed in many Christian circles and denominations.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

A cluster of new and forthcoming titles, including devotionals and other works by popular Christian pastors, theologians, and ...