Easter period is all about, we have the answers. Here's what Lent is, why it's so important and when it will be observed in ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

On Wednesday, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the Major Penitentiary, celebrated the traditional Mass beginning Lent at the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who is in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

In 2025, Holy Thursday is on Thursday, April 17, which means Lent ends at sundown on Thursday, April 17. Though it's not a ...

The purpose of ashes dates back to early Roman practices, according to britannica.com. Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent. These people wore sackcloth ...