Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

One of my most respected spiritual mentors once recounted to me her first experience of choosing not to “do” Lent – she was a student, away from home and the strongly enforced parental ...

Isabelle Jonveaux: Yes, absolutely, at least among practicing Catholics. The observance of Lent had somewhat fallen into disuse. Until the 1990s, the faithful found it difficult to accept the ...

In the wake of Mardi Gras and then Valentine's Day, the start of Lent may have gone unnoticed to many. But for Christians, every Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of an important period.