I love liturgy, but it’s not a means to make better, cooler, more politically with-it Christians. It doesn’t even guarantee ...

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new ministry, the Jubilee Year 2025 and its special events mean the pope has a full calendar ...

"So that's a big part of his legacy." Pope Francis additionally expanded the universal liturgical calendar of the Roman rite with both obligatory and optional memorials and other remembrances of a ...

If it is understood as the end of everything, death frightens us, it terrifies us, it becomes a threat that shatters every dream, every promise, it severs every relationship and interrupts every ...

“Further information concerning liturgical commemorations and acts of homage in Ghana will be communicated in due course,” the statement said in part. It is with profound sorrow that the ...

Easter is the most joyful moment on the Christian liturgical calendar, when the faithful celebrate the resurrection of Christ after his crucifixion. This year, Easter is being celebrated on the ...

The Malta Independent looks at how nearly Christians marked the occasion and how festivities evolved over time Easter Sunday stands as the pinnacle of the Christian liturgical calendar ...

Black Saturday is the quietest day in the Christian liturgical calendar. Falling between the sorrow of Good Friday and the ...

Mardi Gras celebrations last anywhere from four to eight weeks, depending on the year's liturgical calendar, according to Condé Nast Traveler. In the U.S., on Mardi Gras day, outdoor ...

Lent is one of the five seasons on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary Time. The season begins with Ash Wednesday and continues through Holy ...

The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary ...

In the 4th century, these festivals were adapted by Christians and incorporated into the liturgical calendar as a period of indulgence before the penitential observance of Lent. Mardi Gras ...