Pope Francis marked 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, celebrating with cake and slowly recovering after a ...

The Church lives Christ’s redemptive sacrifice throughout the liturgical year. However, in the season of Lent we would like to immerse ourselves in it in a particularly intense way, as the ...

The Catholic Church has a series of practices and traditions that mark the liturgical calendar and guide the spiritual life of its faithful. Among these are fasting and abstinence during Lent, the ...

Growing numbers of Catholics are taking part in Eucharistic adoration – which this year’s Jubilee will mark this weekend with ...

Lent, one of the most significant periods in the Christian liturgical calendar, begins today, March 5, 2025, with the observance of Ash Wednesday. This 40-day season, excluding Sundays, is ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter. Christians around ...

The calendar for liturgical celebrations for the period, published by the Vatican on Thursday, makes no mention of the pope's presence but does include the solemn blessing "Urbi et Orbi" (To the ...

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pulaski Club is sponsoring its annual Dyngus Day celebration 5 to 9 p.m. April 21 at the Pulaski ...

On March 18, the Italian daily paper Corriere della Serra published a letter from Pope Francis where he said his ...

Lent is one of the five seasons of the Catholic liturgical calendar which precedes Easter. It is observed by Catholics, Protestants, Lutherans and other denominations. Lent is a 40-day observance ...