Lent 2012 offers a rare way to honor Mary and Jesus at same time

Many will observe Lent by giving up meat as a mark of contrition but as my Good Eating story “Fish again? 5 strategies for serving salmon for Lenten meals”points out, the price of fish and figuring out what to do with it can really be a penance in and

“Lent is a very important season for the Christians. For us, lent is the time of intensive prayer, more prayer than usual, it is a time of denying ourselves a few things so that we can become more disciplined in our life styles,

May we make a suggestion of a new type of Lent, to suit modern times? A global, economic lent. This year the financial crisis is 5 years old. The entire global event has been spawned from greed and wanting more and more tempting food from the larder of

In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day period in which church members are asked to engage in prayer, fasting and doing good works in preparation for Easter, commemorating the

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The 40 days of Lent are a time of spiritual renewal in preparation for Easter, but they also are a time to recognize that evil is at work in the world and even the Catholic Church faces temptations, Pope Benedict