I’ve received young people from Catholic, mainline Protestant ... Men and women, young and old, are all asked to pray and read Scripture daily, fast, give to the poor, work with their hands ...

Christians who keep Lent commonly make a dedication to fast or to give up something ... repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. This happens during a special Ash ...

Along with prayer and charitable acts, people who observe Lent often fast from something as a sacrifice, to humble themselves. They might give up meat or sweets or ... Christian groups observe Shrove ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

Chants of “Om Linga, Om Linga” resonated as barefoot Hindu pilgrims, many balancing offering-filled baskets and clay pitchers ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

Spurred on by the fervor of the Eucharistic faith of New Yorkers, six young adult perpetual pilgrims and I, accompanied by ...

Lent, the 40-day season of prayer, is a time of fasting and giving that Catholics and some other Christian ... During Lent, Christians often give up something they enjoy as a way of becoming ...

charity and fasting for many Christians, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. USA Today adds that during Lent, Catholics and Christians will give up something they enjoy ...

Catholic leaders across the U.S. and the world united in prayer Friday for Pope Francis after it was reported the 88-year-old had been hospitalized with bronchitis. The U.S. Conference of ...

With the news this morning of Pope Francis being in the hospital, we invite all of our readers to pray for the Holy Father ... the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith through word and example.

It is a joy for the St. John Paul II National Shrine to offer this exhibit so that our pilgrims may experience God’s mercy during Lent.” Francesca is a staff reporter for Catholic News Agency.