A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in connection with a fatal Hollygrove shooting on Mardi Gras Day, according to the ...

For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.

In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, as member station WWNO's Rosemary Westwood reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...

South Africans are expressing outrage over what they perceive as offensive imagery during the “Zulu” parade at the recent ...

Mardi Gras, also known as "Fat Tuesday," is a lively, week-long celebration in New Orleans that culminates on the day before ...

A 'Zulu' parade at New Orleans Mardi Gras has upset South Africans over its caricature of black people. Here's what ...

Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity’s most important holiday. [...] ...

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...