Parades are set to commence Monday less than a week after a deadly truck attack killed 14 people and injured dozens in what ...

People in New York City watch “flight-tested” New Year’s Eve confetti Dec. 29, 2021, ahead of celebrations ... That brings me ...

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021. Catholics must fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021 and Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Additionally, they must abstain from meat on ...

Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just ...

For Christians, Shrove Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday, which kicks off Lent, a 40-day period of fasting ... A version of this story was published in 2021; it has been updated for 2024.

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

Mardi Gras is traditionally celebrated on “Fat Tuesday,” the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. In many areas, however, Mardi Gras has evolved into a week-long festival.

The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" and the TV ...

Mardi Gras is celebrated annually, with the exception of 2021 when parades were canceled ... go all out and party before the solemn period of Lent. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday ...

The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.

Leslie Charleson, who played popular character Dr. Monica Quartermaine for almost 50 years on “General Hospital,” has died.