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 ...

At St. Francis, Tietz said many congregants begin Lent by attending the Ash Wednesday service during which they have a cross marked on their foreheads with ash. The practice of prayer, fasting and ...

My friend’s church has initiated a novel Lenten practice, which is to write a letter every day in Lent and mail it: 40 letters in 40 days. The idea is to write something positive to someone ...

By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. By Jason Farago Textile ...

Easter Sunday 2025 falls on April 20, making it one of the latest Easter dates in recent years. This special day, celebrated by both Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians, marks the ...

In a written text sent to Crux, Sister Jane Kimathi, Director of Program at the Pan African Theology and Pastoral Network, PACTPAN noted that “Lent can serve as a catalyst for economic ...

GERHARD RICHTER, now (at 93) the grand old man of German art, put the problem succinctly in 1964: “Art is not a substitute religion. . . But the Church is no longer adequate as a means of offering ...

April 5, 2025 • Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays art festival made a flyer promoting the event using AI, and are facing backlash for not using an actual artist. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

The 18 carefully selected tracks take us through the season of Lent and Passiontide and, more specifically ... The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those held by Cross Rhythms.

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