This Sunday is a day of some significance in the world’s two dominant religions, Christianity and Islam. For Christians it is ...

What is most significant is that the particular tradition of ‘Mothering Sunday’ – as found in the UK, Ireland and some ...

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 ...

The following local meetings and events are scheduled. Much of this calendar is courtesy of Fayette County Travel & Tourism: ...

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

Geibel Catholic auction and gala, celebrating faith, family and freedom is scheduled 6 p.m. April 5 at the Aaron’s Building, 139 N. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville. Tickets are $75 per person or $560 ...

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and that date floats from year ... Thanks to Pope Gregory XIII, Mardi Gras became a holiday and was added to the Gregorian calendar. In both cities many parades are held ...

The Jeff Church is in the midst of Lent. Lent is a season in the Christian calendar that precedes Holy Week and Easter Sunday. We begin with Ash Wednesday, a ...

Further reading: Lent, ‘a wake-up call for the soul,’ says Pope Francis In the Orthodox calendar, fasting days are more frequent than ordinary days. Indeed, the faithful are invited to fast ...

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Both religions’ traditions encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to ...