Fat Tuesday — "mardi gras" in French — is Tuesday, Feb. 17, one last hurrah before Christians begin observing Lent on Ash ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

Lent is a 40-day season observed by many Christians that begins with Ash Wednesday and leads into the final weeks of the ...

Carnival has begun, marking the start of the Easter season. Here’s when Easter, Lent, Mardi Gras and related holidays fall in 2026.

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they ...

(RNS) — During Ordinary Time, the church invites us to immerse ourselves in the Scriptures from both the Old and New ...

King cakes and beads are coming. Here's what you should know about Mardi Gras.

A reader e-mailed to ask me to “cite ordinarily (sic) and living examples of peripheral ritual practices we have in Cebu City ...

As we near Lent, there is an inherent call to action found in Scripture and Tradition of the Holy Book asking us to match the pursuit of our divine pursuer.

Lent begins on February 18, 2026, with Ash Wednesday. What do these observances signify, and where did these important traditions for Christians originate? Here's the story.

Where we did run into trouble, however, was when Sam deposited a ball into the water early in our seven-hole journey. Just to ...