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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Church doesn’t try to rush us. Instead, the Church simply invites us to return to God. But for many people, that invitation has begun to feel like a chore, and if we are being honest, Lent has ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

Participants are invited to remain in their vehicles while receiving the sign of ashes on the forehead, along with a brief spoken blessing. No registration is required, and all are welcome.

This last Sunday before Lent offers us a lesson in what is expected of us as disciples, and Jesus maps out the road we need ...