The first year of the program, families were encouraged to put whatever spare change or bills they had- Lenten alms- into the ...

Dangerous hope — trust, wonder and love — is where we live our relationship with God and with one another.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori appointed Father Michael M. Romano, 45, as the next rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary ...

With global hunger rising, an annual Lenten initiative by the U.S. Catholic bishops has "never been more needed," Bill ...

OSV News spoke with Rice Bowl founder Msgr. Robert Coll, a retired priest from Allentown, Pennsylvania, about the program as ...

"Putting on ashes was always a sign of repentance, a sign of acknowledging our humanity, our frailness, our need for change," said Bishop Alfred Schlert of the Diocese of Allentown. Ash Wednesday ...

Pope Francis congratulated Catholic Relief Services on the 50th anniversary of CRS Rice Bowl, the Catholic relief agency's ...

The Allentown Diocese has removed a Catholic priest from ministry following allegations that he encouraged a teenage boy to masturbate while being counseled online by the priest. Florida-based ...

He added, "Now more than ever, Rice Bowl as a vehicle for focusing our Lent on helping those around the world who are hungry, ...

The bleak and faraway news did not discourage a group of Catholics in the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 1975, they took up the Lenten practice of prayer, fasting and almsgiving ...