Every Friday at 5:30 p.m. during Lent, Father Rusty Vincent leads his congregation at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in the 14 ...

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 ...

A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses ...

Faithful from throughout the archdiocese are invited to a special opportunity to receive the sacrament of penance and ...

Music brings people together, it wakes them up and calms them down, it can be a source of great comfort and solidarity This is the time of year for several special services. First Communions, ...

Entering this Lenten season, the words prayer and fasting have taken on a deeper significance as I strive to make this Lent ...

To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, or the 40-day period prior to Easter, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island held a ...

Most believers consider abstinence and fasting as helpful to their faith and as acts similar to prayer, survey finds ...

For many people, these periods of asceticism, fasting, and prayer seem quite ... Christians and Muslims "share" Lent and Ramadan By contrast, contemporary Catholic Lent has seen its fasting ...

Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the ...

Every year, when Lent arrives, my heart fills with vivid memories of Guatemala. Now that I live in Minnesota, I appreciate ...

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 iftar ...