The Department of Evangelisation and Catechesis assists the Bishops’ Conference to help Catholics know and share their faith.
Lent is a sacred season of preparation, inviting us to journey with Christ through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. As we follow Jesus from the wilderness to the Cross and ultimately to the joy of the Resurrection, we are called to deepen our faith and renew our commitment to God.
"Let us journey together in hope" Pope Francis says in the opening of his Message to the faithful for Lent 2025.
In the Scriptures, marriage develops as a divinely ordained covenant between a man and a woman which sustains physical, emotional and spiritual intimacy.