Catholics are deciding to 'unfriend' social media for Lent and adopt a 'digital detox.' How about you? Will you be giving up selfies, cat videos, and status updates? Read more about the no-social-media movement online.
When was the last time you truly went into Lent with the right perspective? Either we zealously take on too much and burnout quickly, or we stick to the no candy rule and call it good. But Lent is not supposed to
In this week's Opening the Word Scripture reflection, Timothy O'Malley looks ahead to the beginning of Lent, reminding us that each word in the Gospels is an opportunity for us to come to self-knowledge, knowledge of our own fragility as living stones.
The Church is experiencing turbulent times, writes Lawrence Grayson. Priests are questioning their vocations. The universal Church is being besieged externally and internally, politically and culturally. And the United States is evolving into a secularist, anything-goes society, becoming anti-religious and threatening the
Pope Francis and top officials of the Roman Curia will leave the Vatican March 1-6 for their annual Lenten retreat, the Vatican announced. And, as is customary when first publishing the pope's calendar for Holy Week, the Vatican did not provide the
As we approach the liturgical season of Lent, OSV publisher Scott R. Richert writes that Roman Catholics could benefit from a return to the practice of Shrovetide — a time of preparation before Ash Wednesday where we set aside sinful habits in
Despite a busy day scheduled with meeting Rome's mayor and city council, Pope Francis made a surprise, early morning stop to offer a Lenten reflection for university students, encouraging them to build up their immunity against individualism with the Gospel.
Question: During a homily about doing battle against the devil, a priest said that the greatest weapons were the sacraments, St. Michael, the Blessed Mother, holy water and blessed salt. He said to make sure it was blessed with the traditional blessing
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lent is a penitent season — a time for sincere reflection on one’s mistakes and a time to make amends for one’s life before the joy of the Easter season. And some say that the Catholic bishops need to
It was just a Monday morning at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. I’ve been there countless times in my life. Whatever’s going on in the world, even when it’s bursting at the seams every