Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, is a period when Christians focus on humility, prayer, and repentance. The ...

No sooner had class resumed than the class tattletale, who had rummaged through the trash can, held up my discarded apple, ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

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occurring 46 days prior to Easter Sunday (Sundays are not counted among the 40 days of the Lenten season). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops traces the tradition of wearing ashes on the ...

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It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season, though eating fish is permitted (which is why the Filet-o-Fish from McDonalds was ...

It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season. In advance of the start of Lent, there is Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras. When is Fat ...

It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season. In advance of the start of Lent, there is Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday ...

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according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. USA Today adds that during Lent, Catholics and Christians will give up something they enjoy or something they feel like they should stop.