Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Catholics and other Christian denominations including Anglicans, ...

For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from ...

It’s Ash Wednesday, a day to mark the first day of Lent for many Christian groups including Catholics, Lutherans, and ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...

To begin the next 40 days of worship, Christians spent the morning at St. Pius the X for mass for Ash Wednesday ...

In his catechesis, the Holy Father also reflected on how Jesus’ parents, Mary and Joseph, had to mature in their own ...

ROME (TNND) — Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period.

First Presbyterian Church in Owensboro is hosting its annual “Ashes To Go” event. Officials say it is a drive-in blessing for the beginning of Lent. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you are asked to drive into ...

Ash Wednesday is considered a holy day of prayer and fasting as Lent begins. The season of Lent lasts 40 days, leading up to the celebration of Easter on Sunday, April 20.

Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of penance.