Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, falls on March 5th and is a day of fasting and reflection ... Pontius Pilate on Good Friday. As recorded in all four Gospel accounts, when some of the ...

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Ash Wednesday on March 5, 2025, marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season, a period of fasting, prayer, and repentance ...

Lent is one of the most significant periods in the Christian calendar, observed by millions of faithful around the world.

The 40-day period of repentance and fasting traditionally observed by members of Christian denominations in preparation for Easter begins Wednesday with Ash Wednesday for many Christians. By observing ...

Today’s update from the pope’s doctors dispels the widespread alarm by Friday’s bronchial spasm. An informed Vatican source ...

The Season of Lent is a sacred time of forty days in which the Church calls every Christian to embark on a spiritual journey of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a time of penance and preparation ...

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Pope Francis was described as being in stable condition Sunday following a respiratory spasm two days prior, with the Vatican ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of Lent, but what's this Catholic tradition all about and is it still observed in ...