Ash Wednesday lands on Feb. 18, 2026. Lent is the 40-day period (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter. Lent begins on Feb. 18 and ends on Thursday, April 2. Good Friday is April 3.

The Diablo Valley College Concert Chorale will take the stage May 2 at Saint Mary’s College Chapel in Moraga for a ...

The Mardi Gras season, also referred to as Carnival, begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday.

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Information is still getting out despite an almost total internet blackout, especially with the help of diaspora groups. That ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...

A number of companies have announced plans to cut hundreds—even thousands—of jobs in January, adding to concerns about the outlook for the American labor force after a rocky end to 2025. In recent ...

Spring Boot is one of the most popular and accessible web development frameworks in the world. Find out what it’s about, with this quick guide to web development with Spring Boot. Spring’s most ...

Advent is a season filled with rich Catholic traditions, but a slightly lesser-known one is growing in popularity among younger Catholics. The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors ...

One-third of the voters in a Globe/Suffolk University poll say they’ve considered leaving in the past year. Have you? Graham Boylan poses for a portrait in his home office in Cambridge, Mass. Despite ...