This Lent season, Christian charity Stewardship is relaunching its generosity challenge, 40acts, in partnership with Gospel ...

Fr. Simon Teller, O.P., a Dominican friar and associate chaplain at Providence College in Rhode Island, revealed the role of ...

This is just the beginning of the 46 days until Easter Sunday. As the holy days fall on a different date each year, here are ...

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill asked all clergymen and parishioners gathered in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for forgiveness and gave his blessings for the forthcoming Great Lent ...

Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the related religious ...

New Orleans' Mardi Gras festival has been in full swing since Jan. 6 with revelers whooping it up ahead of the Lenten season, which is just weeks away. The Louisiana city's final celebration takes ...

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of ...

Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes ...

The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary ...

During the Holy Thursday Mass, there is the sacrament of Communion, blessings of the Oil of Chrism ... Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the ...