Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick discusses the symbolism, importance and prevalence of the cross during the ...

• This year, as our two spiritual traditions converge in celebrating Ramadan and Lent, we have a unique opportunity to show ...

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to ...

As Catholic Relief Services celebrates the 50th anniversary of the annual Lenten Rice Bowl program, Pope Francis has written ...

Pope Francis congratulated Catholic Relief Services on the 50th anniversary of CRS Rice Bowl and its global hunger and ...

For parishioners at Holy Cross church on Buffalo's West Side, Lent began as both a self-reflective journey, and a celebration.

Here we have compiled some meaningful wishes, messages, and greetings to share with the amazing ladies in your lives.

Lent is our time to allow divine love to touch us so deeply that we begin to see like Jesus did, and thus act in his name.

A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

This year, Ramadan largely coincides with Lent, which for Christians is a period of fasting, supplication and conversion to ...

Ash Wednesday — which fell on March 5 this year — marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period where Christians prepare for Easter. It’s meant to symbolize the 40 days where Jesus Christ ...

IN THEORY, we associate Lent with moments of contemplation and tending to our inner life; in practice, it is too often a season infused with the busyness of new disciplines and multiplied church ...