Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus ...

Yes, Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, a time of fasting, prayer and almsgiving in preparation for the waters of ...

Many local ministers from area churches will begin the Lenten season this Wednesday with a message of sacrifice and salvation ...

What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday 2025, which falls on March 5 this year, marks the official beginning of the Christian ...

Every year, millions of Christians gather to participate in a deeply symbolic act that marks the start of Lent-Ash Wednesday.

Easter Sunday moves around the calendar. Here's why this culmination of Holy Week can take place between March 22 and April ...

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The liturgy of Ash Wednesday has come to tell us something new about time, our time, and to invite us into a new ...

"Since Pope Francis is in Rome's Gemelli Hospital to receive treatment for bilateral pneumonia, he has delegated the Cardinal to preside in his place for this year's ceremony," The Holy See's press ...

Everyone is keeping their eyes on the skies in New Orleans as severe weather on the horizon could put a damper on the finale ...

Rev. Martin Marty died last week at the age of 97. A prolific writer, teacher and preacher, he was the kind of Christian who gave Christianity a good name. When I interviewed him in 1997, he was ...