Lent calls for a return to the basics. On Ash Wednesday, for instance, we are exhorted to give alms, to pray, to fast (Mt 6:1 ...

Discover the spiritual practice of fasting during Lent in Christianity. Learn about the different types of fasting and how to observe this season of self-denial.

Pope Leo warned against treating Lent as a checklist (giving up sweets or social media, etc.) without deeper change.

Lent, one of the five seasons on the Catholic liturgical calendar, begins this week and marks a 40‑day period of reflection ...

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THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has urged the faithful to consider refraining from social media as ...

For example, waking up an hour or two before dawn to study Scripture devoutly might be helpful to a young university student, but might be overly taxing and thus spiritually counterproductive to a ...

Muslims and Christians enter holy periods of fasting and reflection as the start of Ramadan and Lent converge this week.

For Lent, Mark Wahlberg and Jonathan Roumie will lead the Pray40 challenge through Hallow, a Catholic prayer app.

Today is Ash Wednesday, and Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, has something he wants you to give up for Lent. “I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form ...