During Lent, Catholics are supposed to increase their prayer, penance and almsgiving. Adults ages 18 to 59 are obligated to ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Kern Catholic will be hosting their 7th annual prayer Breakfast, Be the Light, next Wednesday on March 12. The prayer breakfast will be held at St. Francis Church.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter's ...

Chéri Ballinger knew she had been given a second chance and she was not going to waste it. It took four years for her to ...

a Franciscan who leads the Vatican committee for World Children’s Day. “We turn to Mary as children, with the certainty that she listens to us like a mother.” The prayer can be done ...

Local Catholic churches hosted mass and prayer services throughout the day for people to come and receive their ashes.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

The 40 days of Lent (not including Sundays) are a time for Christians to reflect, improve their spiritual lives, and prepare their hearts for the Easter season. On Ash Wednesday and all Fridays in ...

The last of the Poor Clare nuns have moved out of their Uptown New Orleans monastery near Audubon Park, leaving the future of ...

In her work mobilising the response of ordinary Irish people to the war in Ukraine, Angie Gough has often found herself ...