A couple of months ago, as Lent began, I still hadn’t decided what I was going to give up. By the way I was shoveling trail ...

A surge of people converting to Orthodox Christianity is helping local parishes here buck the national trend of declining ...

I love liturgy, but it’s not a means to make better, cooler, more politically with-it Christians. It doesn’t even guarantee ...

During Lent, both their families adopt a vegetarian diet ... The Latin rite follows the Roman liturgy, introduced by European missioners in the 15th century, while the other two, Oriental Churches ...

Catholics should remember to build upon the growth we’ve experienced in Lent, both humanly and spiritually, throughout the ...

As Biden and his family review treatment options, former President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump and other political ...

Services normally involve prayers and scripture readings, with extinguished candles and black, purple or gray drapings over the statues, paintings and crosses. Good Friday is not a federal holiday ...

or the final part of Lent, two weeks before Easter. The cross is then unveiled after the Good Friday liturgy, while the rest of the images or statues in the church can be unveiled before the ...

Lent began on Ash Wednesday ... Some also attend special church services and prayer vigils, or a Good Friday liturgy Friday evening. Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see ...

Lent, a period of fasting and reflection ... some give up personal vices or habits (like eating sugar) and do extra prayers or service activities. The Stations of the Cross are 14 devotions ...

Every year, I fast from something during Lent to join with my ancestors in ... food between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every day to focus my prayers on Pepfar and people living with H.I.V. around the ...

Need some inspiration? Look no further than these 25 Lent prayers! The set-apart observance of Lent provides Christians the opportunity to reflect on the teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus ...