Catholic Church opens Lent season with words of solidarity for pope sidelined with pneumonia
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...
Scenes from Ash Wednesday mass at one of South Florida’s oldest Catholic churches
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
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Catholic women go on Lenten strike to highlight their work in the church
Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on ...
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Ranil slams ‘politics’ of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, denies ‘Batalanda’ accusations
Former Sri Lankan President and six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe denied shielding ousted president Gotabaya ...
Lent begins today: What to know about Ash Wednesday and the lead-up to Easter
As the Mardi Gras celebration ends, so begins the solemn period of Lent observed in many Christian circles and denominations.
When does Lent start in 2025? Ash Wednesday begins Easter season in Michigan
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.
What date is Easter Sunday 2025? Why so late this year? When is Lent, Ash Wednesday? What we know
Why is Easter 2025 so late this year? When is Easter Sunday date? What day does Lent start? What we know on Holy Week, Ash ...
Utah Christians — from Catholics to Lutherans to Latter-day Saints — begin countdown to Easter
Believers — including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians and Lutherans — put ashes on their foreheads as an outward symbol of their penitence. Members of Utah’s predominant religion, The Church ...
Catholic parish says Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday events will go on despite winter weather
A Catholic parish in Des Moines says winter weather will not cancel their plans to commemorate Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday ...