Mardi Gras falls Feb. 17, just before Lent begins. Here’s when Lent, Good Friday and Easter occur in 2026.

Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday will start Lent 2026 season this week. Here's when, what dates to know for Mardi Gras, Holy ...

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday in English, is Feb. 17. It marks the last day of Carnival before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Ash ...

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One of the kids asked, ‘where do the ashes come from?’” Unsatisfied with giving the boy the quickest answer — that the ashes came from a local religious-goods store — Father Weir decided to dig into ...

St. John Paul II, Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, once said “the Church must breathe with her two lungs.” Those two lungs, the Eastern Catholic Church and the Roman ...

Catholics making use of the protections afforded to creators under U.S trademark law is nothing new, but it's a balancing act not easily managed.

The date of Easter in 2026 is determined but the dates of the equinox and the rise of April’s full moon, the pink moon, which ...

Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter are approaching. Learn the dates for these Christian observances in 2026 and what each tradition signifies for believers.

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of reflection for Christians. Learn about its meaning, traditions, and the dates for Mardi Gras, Easter and Holy Week in 2026.

The pews of the Church of the Annunziata in Mercogliano, a town just outside of Naples, were filled with guests wearing ...