Among these are fasting and abstinence ... Church has set certain days in the year for all Catholics to perform penitential practices together, such as prayer, works of piety and charity, and ...

It’s a holy, sacred time focused on worship, prayer, fasting and studying the Qur'an ... eating delicious foods together before the next day’s fast, beginning at sunrise.

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate ...