Mark your calendars! These are the 2026 federal holidays and other important dates to get ready for in the new year.

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 with the ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. The Christian season of Lent is well underway, after beginning last month. Christians ...

Lent is about going spiritually to the state of the desert, about uniting ourselves to, and imitating, Jesus’ fasting, praying and charity. It’s a time to repent and believe. We’re summoned to render ...

Lewis Lent was convicted for murdering two children in Massachusetts and New York, including 12-year-old Sara Anne Wood. But investigators still don't know where he buried her. Here's a timeline of ...

As Lent begins, Louisiana Catholics and other observers will begin dusting off their seafood recipes for Fridays, but the Lenten diet may not be quite as restrictive as many may think. Throughout the ...

On Ash Wednesday—Feb. 22 this year— it is traditional for Roman Catholics to go to church, where a priest will put ashes made from burnt palms on their foreheads in the shape of a cross. The ritual ...

Alvin Yesudas, a Catholic in the southern Indian state of Kerala, began Lent on Ash Wednesday. His neighbor Babu Antony, also a Catholic, started two days earlier. During Lent, both their families ...

LENT is underway, and while many of us have long-since gorged on our pre-Lent pancakes and sweet fillings, the start of Lent is a marker for much more. You may have given up treats like chocolate, ...