A mother who has been part of a Catholic Relief Services’ program for family nutrition prepares beans for the family’s seven children at their home in Konjiko, Kenya, May 1, 2019. Lenten alms donated ...

Is there any question that almsgiving is the under-practiced, under-encouraged Lenten discipline when compared with prayer and fasting? (In this magazine’s 110-year-old archives, a search for the ...

Going to daily Mass? Check. Giving up coffee? Check. Practicing acts of charity? “Many of us are quick to make faithful resolutions regarding fasting and prayer,” says the Divine Word Missionaries ...

COMMENTARY: Conversion means resisting the temptation to ‘sing more loudly’ when confronted head-on with the troubling reality of evil in the world. A young girl prays at St. Andrew's Ukrainian ...

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We, as Catholics, are called to walk through the desert with Christ for 40 days and 40 nights. The season of Lent is one of the holiest times of the ...

During Lent this year, believers should put in the effort to improve their prayer lives, Christian filmmaker Chris Worthington told Fox News Digital. Based in Orlando, Florida, Worthington is the ...

Lent calls Catholics to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. With the start of Lent March 1, the U.S. Catholic Bishops have issued a calendar that provides several opportunities for prayer and almsgiving ...

As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone or frightened because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope ...

Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are considered the three pillars of Lent. Over the years, America has published hundreds of articles that explore how these fundamental Christian practices can deepen ...

For many people, Lent is associated with certain kinds of sacrifice: giving up something one enjoys for the season, abstaining from meat on Fridays and fasting on prescribed dates. These forms of ...

Feb. 14 marks the start of Lent, a 40-day religious celebration observed by many Christian denominations, including Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox traditions. Every year, the celebration begins on ...

It's time for the faithful to receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads and begin a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. This year, Ash Wednesday lands on Wednesday, March ...