The bridge between Ash Wednesday and Easter is the penitential season of Lent. However, Lent is “not on the radar” for most Americans, according to a new Lifeway Research study focusing on Catholics, ...

A new study has found that in many countries around the world, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religion.

Shameless plug, we’re here every week. We’d love to have you”  These words, issued by our very own Fr. Francis on this year’s Ash Wednesday 9pm mass, are ones I’m sure all of us who go to church have ...

A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

If you give a ginger a Guinness, she’s going to want Lucky Charms. If you give a ginger Lucky Charms, she’s going to want a ...

Attendance at the 6:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass celebrated in Spanish at St. Nicholas-St. Mary Roman Catholic Parish in Wilkes ...

Notre Dame lectures, a Lenten hallmark, have a long history dating back to the French monarchy, but in contemporary times were renewed and systematized in 1834 by a young lay Catholic student, ...

A young woman prays with a rosary following Ash Wednesday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., March 5, 2025. OSV ...

Notre Dame lectures, a Lenten hallmark, have a long history dating back to the French monarchy, but in contemporary times ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

In both wildfires, houses of worship fell to ash. But much of the conversation Wednesday focused as much ... draws a full house at the 9 a.m. Mass every Sunday. While the parish hall, rectory ...

A long line during Mass to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday on March 5, 2025 in the Notre-Dame de la Treille Basilica - Cathedral in Lille, France. (Photo: Brigitte Naeye) The author partly linked ...