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Several restaurant chains are offering special menus for the Lenten season. Here are six options in Jacksonville.

In February and March, many optical professionals across the UK will be observing Lent – which has traditionally been a ...

As the season of Lent starts, and Christians enter a period of fasting just as Christ did for forty days and nights, Rev Fr Joseph Mukiibi, Director of Communications and Public Relations at the ...

Mumford & Sons latest album offers thoughtful reflections on faith and redemption that are perfect for Lenten season.

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"We want to be there, for people especially at the most vulnerable times of their lives, and this is certainly one of them," ...