Only 10 days are left until the end of Lent, an annual 40-day Christian period leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

On March 5, marking the beginning of Lent, an Ash Wednesday Mass was celebrated at the White House for the staff of the presidential residence. A new signal sent to Catholics by U.S. President Donald ...

A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

The disgraced former cardinal -- who was laicized in 2019 after being convicted of sexual misconduct in a canonical trial -- ...

determined not to miss this promising opportunity for the Catholic Church. “It’s such a beautiful initiative they are taking! We have to be at the rendezvous.” Keywords: ash wednesday cathol ...

The Church is not the structure; it is the people, the community. As long as we stay together and pray together, the Catholic ...

and Catholic Church officials actually found a scientific reason for the accident. In 2014, churchgoers in County Cork and Galway, Ireland suffered the same mysterious burns during Ash Wednesday ...

"All Christian traditions can appreciate Easter for what it is, and I think the preparation season is a really good ...

The bridge between Ash Wednesday and Easter is the penitential season of Lent. However, Lent is “not on the radar” for most Americans, according to a new Lifeway Research study focusing on Catholics, ...

Starting on Ash Wednesday ... at Blessed Sacrament Church (110 N. Cedar St.); Begins March 7 and takes place on Fridays during Lent from 5-7 p.m. Douglas - St. Peter Catholic Church (100 St ...

MUMBAI, India – A rally was held by Islamist radicals on March 5 in Indonesia protesting Catholic worship taking ... to do the liturgical service of Ash Wednesday at the site.