(OSV News) — Lent begins Feb. 18 this year. During this holy and penitential season, fasting is required of adult Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59. The required days of fasting are Ash ...

As a millennial raised in evangelical culture, I was surrounded by girls who signed purity pledges and wore abstinence rings. I wrote letters to my future husband and promised to “save myself” for him ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who drank an average of one cup of coffee a day following successful cardioversion had fewer recurrences of AFib or atrial flutter compared with those who ...

The DECAF trial demonstrated that patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who drank an average of 1 cup of coffee a day following successful cardioversion had fewer recurrences of AFib or atrial ...

The psychedelic effects recreational users often seek from taking ketamine do not predict the therapeutic benefits for people being treated for alcohol use disorder. The popular theory, which says ...

A bill requiring sex education courses in public school to exclusively teach “sexual risk avoidance” and encourage abstinence was reported out of the Alabama Senate’s education policy committee this ...

A 41-year-old Athens man has passed away after being involved in a two-vehicle crash on Monday, March 9. Rocky Ridge Fire Dept. responds to overturned dump truck on Interstate 459 North Rocky Ridge ...

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(OSV News) — The ancient practice of fasting from food during Lent can free us from complacency and lead us to “hunger” for God, Pope Leo XIV said in his 2026 Lenten message. Ahead of Ash Wednesday, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In the first week of sobriety, blood pressure drops and gut inflammation cool. By week four, ...

Chinese chairman Mao Zedong swimming in the Yangtze river in Wuhan, China, July 29, 1966. (Hou Bo / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) Dialectical Republicanism is another face of Karl Marx’s ...