Tag: Ash Wednesday

Pope Francis reminded pilgrims gathered in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall that March 2 is a global day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine

Most COVID-19 restrictions were scrapped this week after a sharp drop in infections and increased vaccinations

Third year into the COVID-19 pandemic, poor families have yet to recover from unemployment and the hunger and malnutrition that came with it

The Philippines supported the United Nations resolution expressing “explicit condemnation” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Episcopal Commission on Liturgy of the bishops’ conference said priests are now allowed to put ashes on the foreheads of churchgoers

The pope’s comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would recognize the breakaway Ukrainian regions

The coronavirus pandemic has affected not only the lives of Filipinos but even their traditional religious practices

Communities of faith in the US have grown more creative to reach congregants hungry for spiritual and social connections

During Lent, which ends with Easter, Christians are called on to fast, practice more good deeds, give alms, among others

“It is not about what we give up. It is saying ‘thank you’ for everything that makes us holy," says Archbishop Socrates Villegas