Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A congregant at San Fernando Cathedral receives ashes on Ash Wednesday last year. San Antonio culture includes customs aligned ...

SAN ANTONIO – Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and many Christians will observe the day by going to Mass to be blessed with ashes. Lent is observed by Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian dates. It's the start of a weekslong period for the faithful called Lent that ...

As March begins, the warmer weather of spring and celebration of Easter, this year on Sunday, April 20, are on the way. However, before Easter is 40 days of Lent, one of the liturgical seasons of ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

WASHINGTON — This story from The Conversation is by Religion and Ethics Editor Molly Jackson. Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash Wednesday, which begins the ...

It's fairly common to hear people describing what they're "giving up for Lent" each year, but many of the details about Lent itself are less discussed and/or less known by the general public. If you ...

Each year, many Christians observe Lent, a 40-day period of reflection and self-discipline that precedes Easter Sunday. The dates of the observation change year over year, depending on when Easter ...

Many Christians in South Jersey are set to celebrate the end of the Lent and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent, a 40-day season in the Christian liturgical calendar, is a time that members of ...

From being named after Saint Anthony of Padua to being home to five internationally recognized missions, San Antonio has a history rooted in faith. The Archdiocese of San Antonio serves roughly 1.1 ...