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 ...

Lent is one of the five seasons of the Catholic liturgical calendar which precedes Easter. It is observed by Catholics, Protestants, Lutherans and other denominations. Lent is a 40-day observance ...

You may have more on your plate than you can manage, and so thinking about Lent ahead of time may be completely off your radar. Yet now is precisely the time to think about it so that you can take ...

Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent, is observed this year on Wednesday, Feb. 17. The word "Lent" is derived from an old English word which means "springtime." The Latin adverb lente means ...

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 ...

The time of suffering is upon us—Lent! It is the season of choosing sacrifice and following Jesus who chose to suffer and die for us. If we suffer with Christ, we will also rise and be renewed in our ...

So what's a restaurant owner to do when a significant portion of the eating public will be abstaining from meat on Ash Wednesday and Lenten Fridays? Prepare. Millions of Christians around the world ...

Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this festival before Easter? Why do Christians mark themselves with ...

Even if you’re not Christian, you’ve probably at least heard of Lent — the 40 (really 46, since Sundays don’t count) days between Ash Wednesday and Easter. But what is Lent really about? It’s about ...

Ash Wednesday — which fell on March 5 this year — marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period where Christians prepare for Easter. It’s meant to symbolize the 40 days where Jesus Christ fasted in ...