Christian fasting has a spiritual foundation. Biblical examples of fasting appear in both the Old and New Testaments. Fasting should always have intention. Having a clear purpose keeps the fast ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Fasting in Faith is an occasional series exploring the practice of fasting as a spiritual exercise common to many religious traditions. Suburban Catholics and many Christians have gone ...

A Christian man is fasting this Ramadan in solidarity with his girlfriend. Can such a fast be accepted? In Islam, disbelief invalidates good deeds. “And whosoever disbelieves rejects faith, then ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA - On Aug. 1, approximately 225 million Eastern Orthodox Christians were instructed to begin another season of fasting, the Dormition's Fast. A 15-day fast, it prepares adherents for the Feast ...

This year, the holy month of fast for Muslims, Ramadan, and the Christian fast, called Lent by Catholics, overlap to a great extent. Ramadan began on 1 March and ends after 30 days with Eid-ul-Fitr on ...

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 ...