MANILA: For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on ...

Good Friday: Commemorating Jesus' crucifixion and death. Easter Sunday: Commemorating the resurrection of Jesus. Lent ...

Unveiling the story behind the rarely talked about Lenten practice  For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, ...

Lent is the 46-day liturgical season that precedes the holiday of ... according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Lent also represents the 40 days Jesus wandered the desert ...

Costa Rica has a lot of traditions that are carried throughout our history, and that represents the culture of the“Ticos”.

The liturgical form of Advent as it now exists in the Roman Church has gone through certain modifications. St. Gregory seems to have been the first to draw up the Office for this season ...

Christians around the world enter into the solemn observance of Holy Week, the most sacred period in the liturgical calendar.

Although a recent study reveals that Lent is largely ignored by many Christians in the United States, there is a trend among ...

It is often said that veiling is a form of fasting for the eyes, allowing church-goers to focus solely on Christ’s passion, the center of Holy Week.

The Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Malindi has issued a pastoral letter discouraging special treatment of ...

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, ...