The timing of Lent varies from year to year and is tied to the spring equinox. Here are 2025's key dates, including Easter.
The Lenten ritual is six weeks of abstinence and fasting that emerged out of pagan practices. The word itself derived from ...
A series of challenges for Filipino Catholics this Lenten Season earned the attention of the online community. A Reddit user on Wednesday, March 5, ...
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Bunnies and candy eggs are fine, but there’s still a place in the Easter basket for books that deliver the message of Jesus's ...
Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...
It’s not every day when people walk around expressing their faith and acknowledging sinfulness on their foreheads, but that’s ...
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.
Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know ...
Easter is on Sunday, April 20, and is the day those of Christian faith celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Last year, it fell on March 31. Next year, it’ll fall on April 5. While Easter ...
Q: What do we do with our old blessed palm branches from Palm Sundays past? A: If you are like me, you probably have a small ...