For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from ...

This is not about wearing your faith on your sleeve and it’s not about parading your Catholicism ... it is a very private ...

Catholics receive ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas, on March ...

Pope Francis skips this year’s services as he remains in hospital - Pope Francis is unable to take part in Ash Wednesday ...

By Steve Stricker Columnist Submitting this on Thursday, February 27, met with Dr. Lyn’s Nurse Katie at 11:30 am in his Oxford Baptist Hospital Medical Complex, first consult after the procedure on ...

Lent, the season of penitence, is the preparation of the soul to accompany the Lord in the Passion. It begins now, and ...

The church will be providing ashes on Wednesday, March 5th, during two time slots, from 6:30 – 9:00 a.m. and from 4:30 – 6:30 ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Catholics and other Christian denominations including Anglicans, ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

Lent is a period of prayer, fasting and alms-giving, as Christians around the world prepare for Easter. The Church's message ...