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(Created page with "'''Lent''' (from the Old English ''lencten'', meaning "spring" or "lengthening [of days]") is a penitential season in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that prepares the faithful for the celebration of Easter, the solemnity of Christ's Resurrection. It is a time of conversion, penance, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, during which the Church accompanies catechumens preparing for Baptism and all the faithful in renewing their baptismal promises. Lent begi...") |
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* [[Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church]] | * [[Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church]] | ||
* [[Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar]] | * [[Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar]] | ||
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