Lent is the 40-day season of preparation for Easter that ends on Holy Thursday, three days before Easter Sunday. During Lent, ...

Editor's Note: Vice President JD Vance spoke to hundreds at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Feb.

as this is where the first sacrament of baptism takes place before members are welcomed into the Catholic Church A votive candle is a small candle that is lit in church as an act of prayer.