By Heather Schlitz BROADVIEW, Illinois, Feb 19 (Reuters) - For the first time in six years, two priests and a nun escorted by ...

As a child, I understood Lent primarily as the season when hamburgers became illegal on Fridays and guilt became recreational. You gave something up. Candy. Pop. Joy. And then you tried not to ...

There is good news and bad news for local Catholics next week. The bad news is that Wednesday’s Kern Catholic Prayer Breakfast is sold out. The good news is that there is still availability at ...

Snow delayed Catholic Schools Week at Guardian Angel School in Oran to Feb. 2–6, with themed days celebrating students, ...

Lay-run St. Nicholas Tavelić network quietly forms 300-strong underground community of ex-Muslims seeking sacraments, catechesis and a truly Catholic home.

In a pastoral letter, the prelates mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, with a reference to today’s unresolved ...

Two Atlanta Catholics have newly-published books—a 40-day Lenten guide and a spiritual memoir that weaves in the writings of ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Christian season of fasting, prayer and almsgiving known as Lent, began as usual in a solemn way. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Inland Empire Christians joined ...

A thousand consecutive days of using the popular Catholic prayer app has been a blessing — and a reminder of God’s call to ‘pray ceaselessly,’ no matter the circumstances.

Plans to construct a new classroom for a local primary school have been granted permission by council planners.

For many Christians, this week brings Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection. It signals the start of Lent, ...

Ash Wednesday is really the the kickoff to Lent," said Valerie Finnigan, an Idaho Falls Catholic. "... We're all to come together in sackcloth and ashes.” ...