Lent is nearly halfway over, and millions are eagerly awaiting Easter Sunday. Here are the meanings behind the days and why ...

Just over five years ago, the world lost one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Kobe Bryant, when his helicopter ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home ...

Historically, on Fat Tuesday, the custom is to use all the fats in the home before Lent in preparation ... as occurring on the third day of his burial. This year, Easter Sunday is on Sunday ...

Millions around the world continue to observe the 40-day period of Lent. Here's why some don't eat chicken on Fridays.

Perhaps this also explains why lectionary compilers did not scruple to set Luke 13.1-9 (Lent 3) after Luke 13.31-35 (Lent 2 ... Since the Grenfell Tower disaster — and, before that, 9/11 — our view ...

Know the dates for the end of Lent, Holy Week and Easter Sunday in 2025. Why does Easter start late this year?

and Easter Sunday. In 2025, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall on Wednesday, March 5. The day before, Tuesday, March 3, is Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras, the annual celebration that marks the ...

This means that Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Lent and Good Friday also ... Good Friday always occurs two days before Easter Sunday. It is the day when Christians ...

According to Christian teachings, Jesus was crucified, died and was buried, and on the third day — Easter Sunday ... the desert before starting his public ministry. During Lent, many believers ...