The question will be: what do those Christians believe, or who is the Christian fasting to? In Islam, disbelief invalidates good deeds. “And whosoever disbelieves rejects faith, then fruitless is his ...

Find today’s readings here. In today’s reading, a parable from the Gospel of Matthew, John’s disciples ask Jesus why his followers do not fast. Christ responds in his typical fashion by asking a ...

Traditionally, the season of Lent is a time of deep spiritual reflection that for most Christians includes fasting. Fasting is the act of intentionally refraining from something. Usually, this ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich holds up prayer beads from Pakistan given to him as a gift by Muslim Community Center board president Masood Bijapuri, second left, in Morton Grove during Chicago’s 26th annual ...