Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A congregant at San Fernando Cathedral receives ashes on Ash Wednesday last year. San Antonio culture includes customs aligned ...

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, Presbyterians, Anglicans ...

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, a period of prayer and fasting, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday. Many Christians observe Lent by giving up something they enjoy, such as sweets or alcohol. Ash Wednesday, the ...

With the season of Lent, Catholics around the world have entered into a time of prayer, almsgiving and penance in preparation for Holy Week. There are many and varied sacrifices that the faithful ...

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 ...

As March begins, the warmer weather of spring and celebration of Easter, this year on Sunday, April 20, are on the way. However, before Easter is 40 days of Lent, one of the liturgical seasons of ...

Today marks Ash Wednesday, the day when Catholics around the globe kick off a 46-day period of fasting leading up to Easter Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But what's the story ...

From being named after Saint Anthony of Padua to being home to five internationally recognized missions, San Antonio has a history rooted in faith. The Archdiocese of San Antonio serves roughly 1.1 ...