Lent 2025

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Powerful reflections from saints on Lent: fasting, penance, and conversion

Mar 19, 2025

By Diego López Marina

Six saints and blesseds have offered these profound reflections on how to live this time of Lent authentically through fasting... Read more

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Lent 2025: 7 answers to your questions about fasting and abstinence

Mar 5, 2025

By Cynthia Perez

To help Catholics live this special liturgical time and deepen their knowledge of the faith, here are answers to the... Read more

Ashes at Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino in Rome.

10 important things to know about Ash Wednesday

Mar 5, 2025

By Diego López Marina

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, which is structured to spiritually prepare to walk with the Lord through his... Read more

Ascension's “Set Free” Lenten program with Father Josh Johnson promises to guide listeners this Lent through daily reflections on overcoming the seven deadly sins in our lives.

5 Catholic resources to help you grow closer to Jesus this Lent

Mar 2, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

These five resources provide opportunities to grow in faith during the 40 days of Lent. Read more

Hot cross buns.

From capirotada to hot cross buns: Lent’s rich culinary traditions

Mar 2, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Many around the world use the season of Lent to prepare specific homemade delicacies to remind them of the life... Read more

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St. Paul’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq.

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The Kansas Capitol in Topeka.

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Watchdog effort launches to oppose assisted suicide in U.S.

A wildfire blazes next to a stone lantern of family tomb in Andong, South Korea, on March 26, 2025. At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea’s worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and causing “unprecedented damage,” the acting president said.

Pope Francis sends condolences after South Korea wildfires destroy thousands of homes

Maryland State House.

Maryland bishops say abuse payout bill ‘unfairly targets’ religious organizations

People stand past the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025, after a powerful earthquake killed more than 150 people across Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, toppling buildings and bridges and trapping over 80 workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok.

Pope Francis prays for Myanmar, Thailand after deadly earthquake

The Philippines has the highest adult Christian faith retention rate in the world, according to Pew Research.

Pew Research: Most Christians raised in the faith hold onto it in adulthood

Father Augustine Deji Dada, a Missionary of Mercy priest, is seen at the Vatican in Rome, Thursday, March 27, 2025.

‘This is life-changing’: Missionaries of Mercy gather in Rome for Jubilee of Hope

Cardinal George Pell.

Archbishop credits Cardinal Pell’s intercession for miraculous survival of Arizona toddler

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