With historic cities, Iguazu Falls and the Amazon, there's no best time to visit Brazil weather wise as the country is always ...

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 ...

Purification and Enlightenment: During Lent, a catechumen anticipates his or her initiation into the Catholic Church through prayer and learning.Initiation commonly takes place on the Easter Vigil ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

For St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Davenport, planning Lenten fish fries begins the week after the last one ends. Organizers for the events, which occur every Friday during the 40-day, Christian ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Catholic charity group is entitled to tax relief it was denied on the basis that its operations were not primarily religious, a decision that could expand el… ...

Catholic Charities went to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which upheld the commission’s decision. It concluded that the group was not “operated primarily for religious purposes,” and therefore not ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on June 5 said Wisconsin should not have denied a tax exemption to a Catholic Charities chapter, the latest in a series of rulings the justices have decided in ...

The Supreme Court says a Catholic charity in Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes in one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices are considering this term.

St. Joseph Catholic Parish will have its Lenten fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m., or until sold out, every Friday through April 8 at 9656 Elk Road in Elk. Plates for dine-in or to-go cost $20.

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said Wednesday morning that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mark Eckman as the 13th bishop of the diocese.The news came after the pope accepted the ...

Fortress Biotech, Inc. has announced the acquisition of its subsidiary Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, which closed on May 30, 2025, after receiving ...