Lent, one of the five seasons on the Catholic liturgical calendar, begins this week and marks a 40‑day period of reflection and repentance leading up to Easter. The season calls for Catholics to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday kicks off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation to honor the resurrection ...

It's almost time for Lent, the 40-day period where the faithful practice repentance, fasting and prayer. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, with the marking of the cross in ash on the forehead, a common ...

Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection, marks the commencement of Lent, the most penitential season in the Christian calendar for Catholics and many other denominations. This period ...

Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people’s foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Credit: ...

Lent is a 40-day Christian season of spiritual preparation and reflection leading up to Easter. In 2026, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, and ends on Maundy Thursday, April 2. Ash Wednesday ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

The kickoff to Lent begins with Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Roman Catholicism is marked by seasons of feasts and fasts, and Fat Tuesday serves as the final day of joyful ...

Lent is a 40-day period of reflection, prayer, and repentance observed by Catholics leading up to Easter. The season begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday. Many people give up a luxury of ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they ...