A pivotal period, Lent is a 40-day season of penance that is observed by many Christian denominations. Lent began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, and ends during Holy Week, starting on Palm Sunday, March ...

A federal judge ordered immigration authorities to allow religious leaders inside the facility for Ash Wednesday.

About 68,000 people are being held in immigration detention centers, compared with about 40,000 people a year ago, according ...

These takjil snacks are so tempting that even non-Muslims want them, sparking a so-called “takjil war” to get to the most ...

On Ash Wednesday, three religious crossed into the ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, the first time in months that Catholic leaders had been allowed inside to administer sacraments to ...

2026 is not a leap. The last leap year (and corresponding leap day) occurred Feb. 29, 2024. It was a Thursday. Leap Day is essentially a "bonus" day that is added to the calendar every four years.

Both the GU campus chapel and St. Aloysius Church provided Masses on Feb. 18 for Ash Wednesday as a time of reflection and ...

Nearly two years into his tenure as the Charlotte bishop leading nearly 600,000 Catholics, Bishop Michael Martin this month ...

We should not be surprised if Catholics are asked to pay a price for what their leaders are compelled to do in service of the ...