Lent gets its name from a word meaning "springtime," the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening and the sun ...

Siegfried Sassoon’s late-life conversion and poetry offer a moving meditation on faith, suffering and the redemptive light of ...

For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.

There's a reason why Catholics cover statues, crosses, and even some artwork during Lent, and it has everything to do with ...

The Season of Lent which was started on Ash Wednesday with imposition of ashes on our foreheads marking ourselves with the ...

Childhood memories of giving up candy or sitting through weekly Stations of the Cross come immediately to mind. Words like ...

Preparations for widely popular Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America – but not in Nicaragua.

Churches dey hold processions and share palm fronds wey some dey later save and burn to create ashes for di following year ...

Palm Sunday, the first celebration observed during Holy Week, honors Jesus Christ's last days on earth. Here's what to know ...

I also have a church family with whom I pray Stations of the Cross on Fridays. At home, I keep a journal focused on the ways I’ve been inspired by Lenten practices. On Palm Sunday, I follow the ...