Lent

since 2025 › Feb › 22 (Sat) @ 17:11 UTC

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38 days ago

Prankster asks woman to stop eating lunch on the bus because he's fasting for Lent - and sparks furious debate about who's in the right

found 2025 › Mar › 26 (Wed) @ 17:46 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In a clip, originally posted on TikTok last year but is still doing the rounds on X today, a man staged a debate on the matter by asking a woman sitting nearby on a UK bus to stop eating her lunch.

48 days ago

Listeners slate BBC over decision to have the Archers' Lynda Snell fast for Ramadan in the run up to Lent

found 2025 › Mar › 16 (Sun) @ 09:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Radio 4's The Archers has been branded ' woke ' and 'offensive' for broadcasting a storyline about Ramadan in the run up to the Christian festival of Lent.

55 days ago

Pope Francis is 'stable and eating solid foods' but his health situation remains 'complex', the Vatican says

found 2025 › Mar › 09 (Sun) @ 21:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The 88-year-old Pope is still in Gemelli Hospital receiving treatment for double pneumonia, but he followed along via video call to the Vatican's service marking the first Sunday of Lent.

59 days ago

Cardinal reads pope’s Ash Wednesday homily meditating on ‘tragedy of death’

found 2025 › Mar › 06 (Thu) @ 06:46 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Pontiff, 88, remains stable and received communion in hospital as Catholics marked beginning of Lent

Pope Francis remained in a stable condition on his 20th day in hospital with pneumonia, sitting in …

Cardinal reads homily on Pope Francis’s behalf at Rome Ash Wednesday mass

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 21:34 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Pontiff, 88, remains stable and received communion in hospital as Catholics marked beginning of Lent

Pope Francis remained in a stable condition on his 20th day in hospital with pneumonia, sitting in …

Filipino Catholics observe Ash Wednesday with tradition of ash cross

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 15:18 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

Catholic devotees in Manila lined up outside Baclaran Church for Ash Wednesday, receiving ash crosses made from blessed palms, marking the start of Lent.

70 days ago

‘Traditional flavours and modern ideas’ turn Swedish buns into a TikTok delight

found 2025 › Feb › 22 (Sat) @ 17:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The ‘fantasticallly delicious’ semla has gone from a simple Nordic springtime favourite to a Noma-approved delicacy

The earliest version of the Swedish semla was a 16th-century plain bread bun served …

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