Further reading: The days we call Lent Recently, some Christians have embraced more ascetic practices, such as eliminating additional foods and drinks, praying the rosary daily, dedicating an hour ...

Nuns pray the rosary in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Mar. 16 for the health of Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (Domenico Stinellis/The ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

One of my most respected spiritual mentors once recounted to me her first experience of choosing not to “do” Lent – she was a student, away from home and the strongly enforced parental ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — During the Lenten season, many churches and organizations in the Youngstown area are cooking and selling fish every Friday up until Easter, which is Sunday, April 20 ...

BREAK OUT THE TARTAR SAUCE. THE START OF LENT MEANS THE RETURN OF FISH FRIES TO THE METRO. HERE’S OUR DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGER, JAKE ANDERSON. THE ANNUAL LENTEN TRADITION IS RETURNING TO OMAHA.

People attend a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St ... His weekly Wednesday general audience was canceled since the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ condition continues to be stable and a chest X-ray “confirmed the improvements recorded in ...

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs and his latest laboratory tests and chest X-rays continue to reveal a "complex" medical picture, according to a Feb. 18 Vatican ...

His mood was reported to be “good.” A rosary recited in St. Peter’s Square On Monday evening, the cardinals present in Rome, “along with all the collaborators of the Roman Curia and the ...

Pope Francis spent the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy undergoing physiotherapy at Rome's Gemelli hospital, ...