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Topic: Lent

Use Lent to strive for holiness, says archbishop

The Archbishop of Westminster has launched a Lenten resource to help Catholics in their call to holiness

Benedict XVI: Do not be indifferent to the fate of others

In his Lenten message the Pope warns against ‘spiritual anaesthesia’ which numbs people to suffering

Bishop asks for hour of Confession every week in Lent

Bishop of Lancaster says every church in the diocese will be open for Confession on Wednesday evenings

‘Beer has something to teach Christians’

Anna Arco talks to J Wilson, the beer enthusiast who is following the example of Bavarian friars by consuming nothing but alcohol in Lent

Lent does not consist in a lonely struggle to do better

Second Sunday of Lent: Gn 12:1-4; 2 Tim 1:8-10; Mt 17: 1-9

My suggestion for Lent is to give up beef

Our addiction to beef does great damage to the environment. Time to wean ourselves off it

Benedict XVI begins spiritual retreat in the Vatican

Pope Benedict oversaw the opening of his spiritual retreat at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace

Lent challenges us to ask: are we truly alive as God intended?

First Sunday of Lent: Gn 2:7-9 & 3:1-7; Rm 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11

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Pope receives ashes at the Basilica of Santa Sabina

Cardinal Jozef Tomko places ashes on Benedict XVI’s forehead at the start of Lent