The timing of Lent varies from year to year and is tied to the spring equinox. Here are 2025's key dates, including Easter.

Over a billion Catholics worldwide and a million in the Archdiocese of Atlanta ushered in the start of Lent while Pope Francis remained hospitalized in a precarious condition.

Pope Francis is awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double ...

Pope Francis was heard for the first time since being hospitalized for double pneumonia in a recorded message that was played in St. Peter's Square. He thanked his supporters.

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding to reports of gunfire heard near a small, private school in ...

Catholics around the world are praying for Pope Francis, including an Argyle family whose son was blessed as a baby.

Lent has begun for many in typical ways, with fish fries as well as Ash Wednesday worship services or occasions where one ...

Father Jim Curran, pastor of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk encourages parishioners and ...