Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to listen more closely to God and others — and to 'disarm' their language by fasting from words ...

Spiritual formation is the work involved in applying religious beliefs to our lives. Spiritual principles have the ability to ...

Ahead of the start of Lent, Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to open ourselves to listening, fasting, and community, urging us ...

St. John Paul II, Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, once said “the Church must breathe with her ...

The ancient practice of fasting from food during Lent can free us from complacency and lead us to “hunger” for God, Pope Leo XIV said in his 2026 Lenten message.

CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See. The following report on the week of Feb. 8, 2026 links to stories on ...

Pope Leo pope urged Catholics to embrace abstinence from food, as well as “refraining from words that offend and hurt our neighbor.” ...

In the message, titled "Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion," and released by the Vatican on Feb. 13, the pope drew on the fifth-century theologian St. Augustine to reflect on "custody ...

After the high celebration of Christmas we enter into what is known as Ordinary Time, a time that is routine much like the cycle of our lives, a routine helps us to reflect on the high and low points ...

Trinity Church, Swarthmore: 301 N. Chester Road, Swarthmore, events: • Feb. 17, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at 5:30 p.m.

Winters are going to end up and spring is waiting ahead. Millions of Christians from all over the world are waiting for Lent 2026.  It is an important season ...

Late last month, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Paul Coakley issued a call to all Catholics to hold ...