As the Mardi Gras celebration ends, so begins the solemn period of Lent observed in many Christian circles and denominations. Timed weeks in advance of Easter Sunday, or the day of Jesus' resurrection ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. The Christian season of Lent is well underway, after beginning last month. Christians ...

As a parent, I’m always looking for ways to model the faith for our children and also to help them take ownership of their faith. A necessary framework for that is with the three pillars of Lent: ...

Ash Wednesday — which fell on March 5 this year — marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period where Christians prepare for Easter. It’s meant to symbolize the 40 days where Jesus Christ fasted in ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together as parishes, schools and families. The Stations of the Cross are explained ...

Lent is around the corner. Take some inspiration from America’s staff as you decide what to give up (or take on) as we journey to Easter. If you find yourself always reaching for your headphones to ...

Alvin Yesudas, a Catholic in the southern Indian state of Kerala, began Lent on Ash Wednesday. His neighbor Babu Antony, also a Catholic, started two days earlier. During Lent, both their families ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for the ...

As Lent begins, Louisiana Catholics and other observers will begin dusting off their seafood recipes for Fridays, but the Lenten diet may not be quite as restrictive as many may think. Throughout the ...

(RNS) — Without disciplines like corporate confession and Lent, there is little within popular evangelicalism to restrain the triumphalism of white American culture from overshadowing the cross of ...

The Christian season of Lent is well underway, after beginning last month. Christians worldwide should have become comfortable with the sacrifices they have chosen to observe during this period. Lent ...