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.

THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on the faithful to observe “digital media fasting” as part of their Lenten discipline this year. In a pastoral message titled ...

LMU’s Campus Ministry will celebrate Ash Wednesday with a liturgical service and Masses to distribute ashes on Feb. 18.

Behind gestures toward accountability lies a quieter crisis that New York Archbishop Hicks just inherited: uncertainty about ...

Ash Wednesday 2026 marks the beginning of lent, observed 40 days before easter, highlighting repentance, fasting and spiritual reflection in Christian tradition. Explore its history, biblical meaning, ...

Today, February 18, a rare occurrence will unfold when Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) and the start of Ramadhan in the ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of ...

The global reality of the Church translates into a variety of Lenten practices. Read on to learn about more traditions that ...

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

St. John the Evangelist Church in Philadelphia offered Masses, brief liturgies with ashes and confessions over 11 hours Feb.

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Every February, the streets of Binondo grow steadily more crowded as the Lunar New Year, also known to many as Chinese New Year, approaches. As each week passes, Ongpin continues ...