Understand Catholic and Protestant practices. Learn about fasting during the Lenten season.

To begin the next 40 days of worship, Christians spent the morning at St. Pius the X for mass for Ash Wednesday ...

As the Mardi Gras celebration ends, so begins the solemn period of Lent observed in many Christian circles and denominations.

With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start of Carnival, the 2025 season lasted 58 days. The 2026 season won't be quite as ...

National Bakery & Deli marks 100 years of serving paczki on Milwaukee's south side. The bakery celebrates Paczki Day by ...

Mardi Gras spans weeks, ending with Lent. Despite windy conditions, KATC captured the spirit of the King Gabriel Parade in ...

The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected ...

An area church invited the public to splurge for Mardi Gras before Lent. St. Mark’s served up breakfast items such as ...

Irina Shayk made her debut at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival festivities in a bedazzled skin-baring look and shared some snaps of ...

It falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is celebrated as a final day of feasting before the solemnity of Lent. Paczki (meaning "little packages" in Polish) are a popular treat on Fat Tuesday, also ...

The last day of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans is March 4, making it the actual day of Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. It refers to the last day of carnival before Ash Wednesday, when ...

Ash Wednesday is commonly observed by Catholic, Anglican and Protestant denominations. These are just a few places you can ...