Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year.

Is today Fat Tuesday? What is the meaning and why do we celebrate? Here's what we know from king cakes to Holy Week schedule.

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025. For Protestant denominations, the last ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of ...

In 2025, Easter Sunday falls on April 20 for both Western (Catholic and Protestant) and Eastern Orthodox Christians. While ...

Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.

I t's fairly common to hear people describing what they're "giving up for Lent" each year, but many of the details about Lent ...

Lent includes 40 days of fasting and six Sundays counted as feast days. The first day of the season is Ash Wednesday when ...