The Lenten period is when Catholic observers fast — one full meal and two smaller meals not adding up to one full meal — between Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Adult Catholics are expected to ...

The tradition dates as far back as 601 AD, when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as permanent tradition, according to the Museum of the Bible. At this time ...

urging the Catholic Church in Africa to use the Lenten period to “engage in economic decolonization, dismantling the enduring structures of economic oppression inherited from colonial rule.” ...

The Lenten season is upon Catholics. To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, or the 40-day period prior to Easter, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island held a Stations of the Cross prayer ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for ...

The lent season is a good time for everybody to stop and take time to think about how lucky you really are," Harsh said. You can get your fish fry every Friday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church ...

In the Catholic faith, Fridays during Lent are "obligatory days of abstinence," according to the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Abstinence laws consider that meat ...

Lent arrives each year as a season to focus on Christ ... The assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic minister for minorities, in Islamabad in 2011, a mob attack on Joseph Colony in Lahore in 2013 ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- As the Lenten season begins, Catholic parishes across Louisville are hosting fish fries, bringing people together for food, fellowship and fundraising. Each parish puts ...

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their ...