Like Advent, Lent is a penitential season during which we have ... in a lot of “simultaneous translation” during Catholic rites and rituals. During Lent, more than any other time of the ...

Lent, the great Christian penitential season, began this week all over the world. In Europe, it will scarcely be noticeable: large parts of the Continent have been fasting, wearing sackcloth ...

After this year’s extended period of Ordinary Time, Christian believers will soon begin the penitential season of Lent. St. Luke tells us that after his baptism, the Lord Jesus was “filled wit ...

Lent is the principal penitential season in the church year leading up to commemorations of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. Orthodox Christians and Eastern Rite Catholics began Lent with ...

While penitential practices can be undertaken at any time, Catholics are encouraged to use Lent as a time of preparation and detaching oneself from worldly desires. Carolyn Pirtle, the director of ...

Although nowadays Easter eggs are widely on sale well before Easter, as a Christian penitential season, Lent has not suffered ...

Introduction The history of Lent dates back to centuries ago with Christians spending time preparing to celebrate the ...

Today thousands of Christians in Alabama and millions worldwide will observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, the penitential season leading up to the celebration of Easter on ...

According to Britannica.com, "Ash Wednesday is a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God and marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season. It is ...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season on Wednesday without ... A cardinal took the pope's place leading a short penitential procession between two churches on ...