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In Kansas City, Catholics recall how celebration turned to unimaginable loss
… Bishop James Johnston said in a message on Facebook Wednesday night. "On this first day of Lent, we turn to God for mercy and healing for our broken world." … Kansas City joins a sad list … NCR pondered this confluence of Ash Wednesday with a sports parade, and said that the start of Lent reminded them that, even amid the joy, larger issues and challenges loomed in the world. "I …
Lenten cease-fire campaign includes Ash Wednesday Mass outside White House
… for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual. The coalition's leaders said they anticipate more actions in Lent to push for a cease-fire, as well as their other calls to Biden and members of Congress …
Pope: During Lent, leave appearances aside and listen to God
… an age when even one's most intimate thoughts and feelings can become fodder for social media, Lent is a time to cast aside appearances and to find God at work in the depths of the heart, Pope … said while celebrating Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome to mark the beginning of Lent Feb. 14. Today, "even the most tragic and painful experiences risk not having a quiet place … mill of the moment." Dressed in purple vestments to mark the Lenten season, Francis said Lent is a chance for Christians to ensure their relationship with God "is not reduced to mere …
Local bishops offer prayers for victims in Kansas City shooting, Catholic mother killed
… Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, wrote in a message shared on Facebook. "On this first day of Lent, we turn to God for mercy and healing for our broken world." Archbishop Joseph Naumann of …
Laziness is a symptom of 'acedia,' a dangerous vice, pope says
… never abandons us in temptation." The pope ended the audience encouraging Catholics to live Lent "as an opportunity for conversion and inner renewal in listening to the Word of God and in …
Fasting from carbon for Lent
… Thomas Reese … Religion News Service … Lent has traditionally been a time of fasting and abstinence, and there is no better way for a contemporary Christian to celebrate Lent than by fasting from carbon to save the world from global warming. In the pre-Vatican II church, we took Lent very seriously with mandatory fasting and abstinence. Under the fasting rules, you could not …
This Ash Wednesday, let's try softer — not harder
… cold and heavy as stone. I haven't made a New Year's resolution since. Today, the season of Lent is upon us. To my stone heart, Lent often feels like "New Year's Resolutions: Part II." It's a sequel released too soon, another …
More than a Hail Mary pass: Prayer app's ad aims to bring devotion to Super Bowl
… a prayer led by Catholic actors Jonathan Roumie and Mark Wahlberg and will remind fans that Lent begins just days after the big game. The commercial is for Hallow , a Chicago-based company … from the game and enjoy a moment of prayer on the Lord's day — and will promote the app's Lent prayer challenge, which begins Ash Wednesday, on Feb. 14. "Our hope is that it reaches out … are brought back into their faith for the first time." The two actors will help lead Hallow's "Lent Pray40 Challenge" this year. Other Lenten guides include Fr. Mike Schmitz of the "Bible in a …
March 3, 2024: Third Sunday of Lent
Feb. 25, 2024: Second Sunday of Lent
Pope: Christians must rekindle hope in fighting today's forms of slavery
… Carol Glatz … Catholic News Service … Lent is a time to free oneself from slavery and take action to free others suffering from the … of familiar things, to the detriment of our freedom," the pope said in his message for Lent, which begins Feb. 14 for Latin-rite Catholics. Echoing the tragedy of the ancient … even to certain individuals," all of which only paralyzes people and creates conflict. "Lent is a season of conversion, a time of freedom" during which Christians seek to rediscover …
Synod report has wide-ranging implications for church governance, ministry
… Bishops has issued guidelines that suggest holding two or three listening sessions during Lent and collaborating with Catholic affiliated groups and organizations. A worksheet …
Q&A with philosopher John Caputo about 'What to Believe?' and radical theology
… plastic bottles out of the ocean, just so long as we pray hard enough and give up treats for Lent. To that God — in this book I call it "𝕲𝖔𝖉," in the Latin Gothic script of the missals we …
Feb. 18, 2024: First Sunday of Lent
18 Catholic bishops join letter calling for US to cut military spending
… the organization's efforts, and a nonprofit led by Ben and Jerry's co-founder, Jerry Cohen, lent the group a bus to take their message on a nationwide tour. Cordaro said that both campaigns …
As few details are released, fatal stabbing of Catholic priest rocks small Nebraska community
… small congregation of more than 250 families is an active one known for its fish fries during Lent and its vacation Bible school programs every summer. Fort Calhoun hosts only about 1,000 …
Laudato Si' Movement names new exec director to lead global Catholic environmental network
… network has also organized ecologically focused spiritual celebrations, notably during Lent and the Season of Creation , and has led advocacy campaigns for climate action, including a …
In new book, Chanequa Walker-Barnes explains care for the sacred self
… early months of 2021 as she contemplated what she would give up as a spiritual practice for Lent. It was then that she realized just how much had already been given up in the past year — …
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is remembered for life of service guided by faith
… Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity International's CEO, said in a statement. "The Carters lent a hand to Habitat for Humanity as a young, (fledgling) organization and created global …
Africa Faith and Justice Network marks 40 years of advancing advocacy
… "I have also been empowered while I was trying to empower others," she said. Sisters have lent a hand to the network's other projects, including the just governance program, which …