The Church has always recommended fasting and abstinence as penance for sin and armor ... as a spiritual and literal feast — and every day before the feast day as a famine.

At this time, Lent lasted 46 days consisting of 40 days of fasting where only one meal and no meat was allowed, with the exception of six Sundays considered "feast days." To this day, the ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer ... − only one meal and no meat was allowed − with six Sundays counted as feast days. Pope Gregory, according to the Museum of the Bible, was also the ...

Like many Italian-Americans, my fondest childhood memories include fragrant foods, loud social gatherings, and the Catholic saints who bring them together. With la Festa di San Giuseppe, the feast ...

This practice of penance soon extended to the whole ... It consists of forty days, beginning with November 14, the day on which this Church keeps the feast of the apostle St. Philip.

Leo noted that on the feast day, “in the churches and shrines in China and throughout the world, prayers have been raised to ...

Even though the Catholic feast day is not celebrated nationwide, its become a holiday staple for families across the city, with many creating their own traditions to celebrate the occasion.

But for Greater Cincinnatians, a special day in early December is when the real festivities begin. The Feast of St. Nicholas, fondly referred to by many across the region as St. Nick's Day ...

On Saturday, feast day, solemn mass, led by Canon Ivan Aquilina ... imminence of death and Judgment Day and urged repentance and penance. Ferrer converted many thousands of non-believers both ...

is a day when Americans celebrate love and friendship. It finds its origins from the Romans who celebrated the feast of Lupercalia - a spring festival on Feb. 15. It was Christianized and moved to ...