Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a "time of ...

A friend once asked me, “What are you giving up for Lent this year?” and I said, “This year for Lent I’m just giving up.” ...

The University of Notre Dame said March 30 that Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, is to ...

This Sunday is a day of some significance in the world’s two dominant religions, Christianity and Islam. For Christians it is ...

North Country Steak Buffet stands like a beacon of hope for the hungry and the holiday-weary. This isn’t just another place ...

Every 33 years, the stars align — or rather, the calendars — to present a truly remarkable event: the sacred seasons of Lent and Ramadan overlap.

Lent is a time to take stock on what kind of Christian people we are. As belonging to a faith community becomes less common in our society, we begin to ...

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 ...

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The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

Hopefully when this article is published, March will be heading out like a lamb, or so the old saying goes. We will usher in April with its showers and then May with its flowers… ok, I’ll stop with ...

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pulaski Club is sponsoring its annual Dyngus Day celebration 5 to 9 p.m. April 21 at the Pulaski ...