Is today Fat Tuesday? What is the meaning and why do we celebrate? Here's what we know from king cakes to Holy Week schedule.

What date is Fat Tuesday? What is the meaning and why do Catholics celebrate? What we know from paczkis and king cakes to ...

Billions of Muslims around the world are preparing to observe the holy month of Ramadan. Here's what to know about this ...

The Vatican's early Friday update also suggested a level of normalcy and routine as the 88-year-old pope continues recovering ...

Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.

Here’s the origin of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter, when Lent ends and why the dates they fall on change every year.

As Easter is determined by the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar, Lent changes dates each year, but its importance remains ...

Pope Francis had a "good night" as he enters his third week of treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the ...

Pope Francis is awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double ...