The U.K.-based group Christian Concern has begun a Lent prayer campaign urging supporters to devote daily prayer time toward ...

Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras in French — is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. This year, Mardi Gras falls on March 4. The ...

Here is a guide to churches and nonprofits offering dine-in and carryout fish fries on Fridays this Lenten season.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

In 2024, Ash Wednesday arrived early in the season, falling on Feb. 14, which is also Valentine's Day. This year, in 2025, ...

The Rev. Peggy Lo is the rector at St. Alban's Episcopal Church and serves on the board of the Episcopal Health Foundation ...

Muslims believe Hajj offers a chance to wipe clean past sins and start anew before Allah. Additionally, the act of performing ...

In a few days, Christians will begin practicing the 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, known as Lent. The period is ...

It is a time to express devotion to spiritual matters rather than more corporeal pleasures, and some people are inspired by the arrival of Lent to make a voluntary, more contemporary, sacrifice, such ...

For baby boomers who grew up attending Catholic school – or weekly classes on Sundays – in the 1960s and 1970s, the season of ...

An excerpt on generosity and solidarity from “Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together ...