Ash Wednesday

Lent calls for a return to the basics.

“During Lent, a people is formed that recognizes its sins. … We need to respond by courageously accepting responsibility for them,” the pope said.

“Everywhere we see more and more young people coming to parishes and high school chaplaincies to ask to prepare for baptism.”

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday, at St. Peter’s Square. Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican …

What are the rules for fasting and abstinence during Lent? Here’s a quick guide.

Mardi Gras (“Fat Tuesday”) is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent.

Since 1991, the USCCB has held an annual Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, with funds supporting the Catholic Church in the former Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and …

Ash Wednesday continues to compete with both Easter and Christmas for the highest attended Masses each year. In fact, it has actually topped Christmas before.

Pilgrims, poetry, and the patron saint of the emerald isle are featured in OSV News stories this week, so peruse at your pleasure, and don’t forget to pray for the …

BETHESDA, Md. (OSV News) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. military archdiocese, reminded the congregation at an Ash Wednesday Mass of the elements of “our blessed journey” of …