Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is ...

Ash Wednesday Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and leads up to Easter on April 20. A cardinal has been designated to take Francis' place at Vatican celebrations. On Ash Wednesday, observant ...

Pope Francis has increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish priest in Gaza ...