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 ...

U.S. efforts resulted in the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners including faith leaders in September 2024 ...

For St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Davenport, planning Lenten fish fries begins the week after the last one ends. Organizers for the events, which occur every Friday during the 40-day, Christian ...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) renewed its call for the U.S. State Department to flag ...

Biblical scholar and storyteller John McHugh will give a four-week Gospel series focused on “The Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross” during Lent at the Franciscan Spirituality Center, ...

An Interview with Catholic Author Meredith Gould By Lisa M. HendeyOne of my most respected spiritual mentors once recounted to me her first experience of choosing not to “do” Lent – she was ...

The Beach Boys are known not only for hit singles like "California Girls," "Good Vibrations," "I Get Around" and more, but also for one particular album -- their influential 1966 masterpiece, "Pet ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for ...

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In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms. Strong reactions rippled across the United States. The eventual upshot: a ...

Religious rights are sparking both unanimity and deep divisions on the Supreme Court this term, with one major decision still to come. On Thursday, all nine justices sided with Catholic Chari… ...

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has upheld the 2017 termination of an Army officer who refused to participate in regimental weekly religious parades on the grounds that he belonged to the Christian faith.