March 5 marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer observed ahead of Easter. Good Friday (April 18) is a day of fasting, during which Catholics abstain from eating meat during the day's ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - After Mardi Gras, the Christian community begins observing the season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts until Good Friday. Christians will have their foreheads ...

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Sandwiches are such an easy idea for lunch, but you can’t eat cold cuts on Fridays during Lent. So, what’s for lunch then? Get ideas in our Vegetarian Lunch Ideas For Lent post here. For more ideas, ...

As we turn the page on the calendar from February to March, we once again enter the Lenten season, a time of fasting and reflection in Christianity in the period leading up to the Easter holiday. For ...

Many modern writers on food, agriculture and diet talk about the need for modern people to be more “mindful” of where food comes from and its connection to the land. That’s not an issue for farm ...

SAN ANTONIO — Ash Wednesday has arrived, marking the start of the 40-day Lent season celebrated by Catholics. Culminating in Easter on April 20, it's a time of reflection, prayer, fasting—and, per ...

Lent might seem like an odd time to go to the bar, particularly for those who think of them as solely the domain of drunks. In America, alcohol is probably the second most popular thing for Catholics ...