There are two main ways that Catholics use to focus on growing closer to God during the Lenten season: abstinence and fasting. Abstinence is the act of “doing without” or avoiding something.

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He also urged American Catholics to choose who they think is the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. election. Pope Francis holds a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his ...

The in-flight press conference, which took place on a chartered flight from Singapore to Jakarta as part of a 12-day tour, saw the Pope urge Catholics to vote with their conscience. “In ...

He said U.S. Catholics would have to "choose the lesser evil" when they vote in November, without elaborating. Francis was speaking in a press conference with journalists after a demanding 12-day ...

Some Catholics are preparing to appeal the closure of several churches in Western New York to the Vatican, arguing that the Buffalo Diocese’s actions are not in accordance with canon law.

13. An American journalist asked the pope what advice he would give to Catholics in the United States on voting, given that one of the candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris, supports broad ...

Pope Francis has called both major US presidential candidates "against life" and advised Catholic voters to choose the "lesser evil" when casting their ballots in the November election.

Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open ...

Part of the Southern Living team since 2017, Kaitlyn Yarborough Sadik is a Georgia native living in Austin, Texas, who covers a wide variety of topics for both the magazine and website, focusing on ...

The Democratic Party is pushing away the religious vote with "anti-Christian" policies as former President Donald Trump works to court Catholics and other Christians, Catholic League President ...