The preparation takes off as early as on the Ash Wednesday from which the period of penitence in the Lent begins. The Lent and the Holy week end on the Easter Sunday, the day of resurrection.

Jones is CEO and co-founder of the prayer ... for the Catholic Church, All Things Considered host Scott Detrow spoke to Jones about the new pope. Scott Detrow: For more than the past week ...

which is Latin for “three days.” Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the ...

The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday ... when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as permanent tradition, according ...