The Vatican has published the official calendar of liturgical celebrations planned for Holy Week, but it has not clarified ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

This year, based on the Catholic calendar ... However, some Christian denominations end the Lent season on Holy Saturday, the ...

by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts in persona Christi Capitis [in the person of Christ, the Head]” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church 1545, 1548). “And he took bread ...

Ash Wednesday is today, marking the start of Lent and the Christian Easter Season. The holy day, also known as the ... commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church, it is observed by many ...