Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics on Sunday to mark Lent as a "time ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics on March 30 to mark Lent as a “time of healing” as he missed his seventh Angelus prayer.

During the weeks of Lent, we are pausing to consider the history of several of the teachings and practices connected with the ...

Every Friday at 5:30 p.m. during Lent, Father Rusty Vincent leads his congregation at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in the 14 ...

This year is a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church with the theme of being pilgrims of hope. How can we envision this holy ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening ...

A fire nearly canceled Our Lady of Victory’s Lenten fish fry, but Dairyland hosted a drive-thru version, drawing long lines ...

Faithful from throughout the archdiocese are invited to a special opportunity to receive the sacrament of penance and ...

Ramadan and its official end falls close to another Abrahamic religion's end of season Lent, and with it Good Friday and ...

To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, or the 40-day period prior to Easter, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island held a ...

In a large skillet, sauté the onion, garlic, pepper flakes and rosemary in the olive oil for about 3 minutes. Add the wine ...

Most believers consider abstinence and fasting as helpful to their faith and as acts similar to prayer, survey finds ...