Every Friday at 5:30 p.m. during Lent, Father Rusty Vincent leads his congregation at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in the 14 ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening ...

Faithful from throughout the archdiocese are invited to a special opportunity to receive the sacrament of penance and ...

Yet while most of us can always use a lesson in humility, with this Lenten season halfway over, I wanted to spend time on the ...

Entering this Lenten season, the words prayer and fasting have taken on a deeper significance as I strive to make this Lent ...

As the midday sun filtered through the colorful stained-glass windows depicting scenes from the Bible, including the crucifixion and resurrection, sounds of the organ filled the wooden sanctuary with ...

To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, or the 40-day period prior to Easter, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island held a ...

Millions around the world continue to observe the 40-day period of Lent. Here's why some don't eat chicken on Fridays.

We all desire our Lent to be a time of penance, walking alongside our Lord on His journey to Jerusalem. For some, it’s driven ...

Most believers consider abstinence and fasting as helpful to their faith and as acts similar to prayer, survey finds ...

Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the ...