CHICAGO — 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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and many Christians will observe the day by going to Mass to be blessed with ashes. Lent is observed by Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, ...

Catholics who are abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent have a pass when it comes to one tasty reptile. Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans told ...

NEW ORLEANS — In Southeast Louisiana, 36 percent of the population is Catholic. So, on Fridays during Lent, that means there are a lot of people eating seafood. And to keep up with the demand, one ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving that Catholics and some other Christian denominations observe as a time of repentance and closeness to God in preparation for the day of Christ's ...

Lent is a time of conversion and penance that the Catholic Church offers to believers to prepare for and live the Easter triduum — the mystery of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. During ...

While it might seem strange to cover up all of the most important religious items in a Catholic church during Lent, most devout Catholic churches tend to feature crosses, artwork, and statues covered ...

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