For the second year, NCR is bringing our readers a four-part series of conversations on spirituality during the Lenten season. In the first conversation, Soul Seeing for Lent host Michael Leach speaks ...

In the Christian church, Lent is a period of spiritual reflection before Easter. In Western churches, it begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year was on Wednesday, March 5. According to Britannica.com ...

Everyone knows that pretzels are delicious, but there's a twist to the origin of this salty treat. The pretzel was thought to have been invented by monks in the Middle Ages to resemble a child folding ...

Lent is defined by Britannica as a "period of penitential preparation." It is generally a time of prayer, fasting, and charitable giving which lasts 40 days to reflect the story of Jesus Christ's 40 ...

After six Fridays of not eating meat, Christians observing Lent are nearly at the finish line. The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday. The period has ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - On this Ash Wednesday, Catholics on the Central Coast went to church for the traditional services that includes ashes on their forehead. At the Old Mission in Santa Barbara, ...

Here’s a look at Lent, a season of prayer and penance for many Christians, and a period of preparation for the Easter season. The word Lent comes from the Old English word lencten, meaning spring. In ...