The Church, through Jesus in Scripture, emphasizes three tools to help us rest in the Lord as we repent and seek to love God and our neighbor more deeply. On Ash Wednesday, the readings spoke of these ...

Catholics in France to hold a nationwide prayer and fasting initiative Feb. 20 to "ask the Lord to enlighten consciences on the gravity of the challenges posed" by an assisted dying bill.

After months of denied access, faith leaders were allowed into the Broadview ICE facility to provide pastoral care on Ash Wednesday.

In solidarity with dioceses across the country, Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will gather Feb. 24 at the ...

For the first time in six years, two priests and a nun escorted by police have walked past barbed wire and concrete barriers ...

Father James Dominic Brent, OP looks into the significance of the prayer in the context of Lent and the mystery of the Holy ...

Pope Leo XIV opened the Catholic church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over the Ash Wednesday Mass in Rome. Leo revived the traditional prayer and procession to Aventine Hill that Pope ...

Ash Wednesday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City was led by the newly-installed Archbishop Ronald Hicks. Participants who attend service receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a ...

Throughout our upcoming Lenten journey, during which faithful U.S. Catholics will strive to deepen their relationship with Jesus through acts of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, three persons are ...

In a pastoral letter, the bishops invite the faithful to “renew their hearts through prayer, fasting, and works of mercy.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged the faithful to refrain from using social media as a form of sacrifice or fasting, as the Lenten Season starts this week. "Fasting has ...

The Bridgettines welcome weary travelers of all faiths to their guest houses around the world. Writer Hannah Towey checks in.