Tag: Lent

George Weigel responds to an accusation Cardinals the late George Pell and Timothy Dolan together “cast suspicion” over the 2015 Synod of Bishops with a petition to Pope Francis about its procedures, a petition the pontiff granted.

While the season of Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, cooking for a hungry family in this season of prayer and penance "doesn't mean boring or 'fish all the time,'" a Catholic chef told OSV News.

On Sunday 9 March at St Mary's Cathedral, the Archdiocese of Sydney welcomed a record 384 catechumens and candidates at the annual Rite of Election—a 30 per cent increase in converts from the previous year.

Ash Wednesday saw hundreds of the faithful gather at St Mary’s Cathedral to contemplate their faith and personal devotion at the beginning of Lent for 2025. 

As Pope Francis' condition remains stable, which is a sign of continued improvement, he followed the start of the Lenten retreat for the Roman Curia by video linkup and met again with two top Vatican officials to stay abreast of current events, the Vatican press office said.

The annual 40-day pilgrimage through the desert of Lent, patterned on the Lord’s 40 days in the Judaean wilderness in preparation for his public ministry, is the preeminent moment in the church’s year of grace for the much-needed purification of our memory.

A day before Pope Francis sent a much-welcome audio message from hospital thanking people for their prayers, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP commented on the “spiritual fittingness” of the timing of his prolonged illness during the season of Lent.

The journey of Lent "unfolds amid the remembrance of our fragility and the hope that, at the end of the road, the Risen Lord is waiting for us," Pope Francis wrote in his homily for Ash Wednesday.

Jocelyne provides a recipe for Lent that reminds her of her childhood, inspired by her aunty and mother.

There are many ways today’s Catholics can practice the ancient traditions of praying, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent. Cutting out hate-socialising online is one of them.

This Lent is an opportunity to learn to grow through suffering, and the develop resilience we each need to go through life.

Pope Francis urged Christians to examine their consciences in Lent by comparing their daily lives to the hardships faced by migrants, calling it a way to grow in empathy and discover God's call to compassion.