As Catholic Relief Services celebrates the 50th anniversary of the annual Lenten Rice Bowl program, Pope Francis has written ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends ...

Catholics are supposed to abstain from meat this time of year. But it turns out for kids, eating fish might impact ...

Ash Wednesday, March 5, this year, the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality.

Noticing people with smudges on their foreheads today? It is Ash Wednesday, kicking off the 40-day Lenten season of prayer, ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, so it also falls on Wednesday, March 5. Easter falls on Sunday, April 20 this year.

How to live Lent well always presents challenges, but living Lent together as a family can bring exceptional spiritual ...

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

Friday marks the start of fish fry Fridays for the Lenten season. Churches, clubs, fire departments, and others host them for ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why the New Orleans city council is aiming to restrict Mayor Cantrell’s travel. We ...

But Sharon Starr, a member of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter and St. Lawrence Episcopal Church in Libertyville, urges the faithful to adopt more eco-friendly habits this Lenten season to ...

School children and congregants gathered at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica early Wednesday morning, receiving ashes as Lent ...