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Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

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Despite nearing a two-week hospitalization, Pope Francis continues to work as he fights pneumonia in both lungs.

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Wooster Square's Italian immigrants embraced the spirit of Lent by drawing on familiar practices, writes columnist.

EWTN Father Marcus Holden of the Diocese of Southwark, England, and art historian Teresa Lane visit the National Gallery in ...