Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit ...

Lent, the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter, is a time for Christians to reflect on their sinfulness and make ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends ...

The U K -based group Christian Concern has begun a Lent prayer campaign urging supporters to devote daily prayer time toward ...

Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this ...

Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, and during this time, many people give up something that they love, such as their ...

Over two thousand years, the church has developed some excellent traditions to help us benefit from this time. Here are the top four.

During Lent many Christians use the time to fast something. This is the story ...

Lent begins March 5, and different denominations of Christianity have varied traditions for the 40 days leading to observance ...

In his catechesis, the Holy Father also reflected on how Jesus’ parents, Mary and Joseph, had to mature in their own ...