Ash Wednesday lands on Feb. 18, 2026. Lent is the 40-day period (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter. Lent begins on ...

The quiet perseverance of St. Monica and the conversion of her son, St. Augustine, offer a clear window into the spiritual ...

The Mardi Gras season, also referred to as Carnival, begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday.

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Maine consistently ranks as one of the least religious states in the nation. The state ranked 49th in a recent ranking of ...

The festival encourages families to give up destructive habits such as gambling, says Archbishop Alberto Uy of Cebu ...

Mardi Gras 2026 kicked off in Pensacola over the weekend, but all of the biggest celebrations are still ahead.

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Irish history has had many famous moments that changed the country and the people forever. Explore the incredible towns and places across the island that witnessed the most transformative battles and ...

In late December effigies of officials new and old dangle from market stalls near parliament and the presidential palace in Lima, the capital. Slogans on dummies of Jóse Jerí, the interim president, ...

Janus was the god of transitions, and so the passing of the old year and the beginning of the new were sacred to him, writes Father.