If end-of-life care matters, surely it can be strengthened by beginning-of-life wisdom. On this first day of Lent and ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is ...

Pope Francis has increased his level of physical therapy and remains in stable condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday night ...

The Holy Father's prognosis remains complex as he engages in Lenten traditions and Vatican duties during hospitalization.

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

Origin of the tradition of using ashes On Ash Wednesday, many Christians have ashes put on their forehead – a practice ... were excluded for a time from the Eucharist, a sacred ceremony celebrating ...

Students from St. John the Baptist Elementary, St. John the Baptist Middle School and Juan Diego High School participated ...

Lent has begun for many in typical ways, with fish fries as well as Ash Wednesday worship services or occasions where one ...

Many in Orange County’s faithful community marked the start of the solemn season of Lent with Ash Wednesday services.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and prayer that ends at Easter. For ...

Pope Francis increased his physical activity Wednesday, called the Catholic parish priest in Gaza and celebrated the start of ...

This is not about wearing your faith on your sleeve and it’s not about parading your Catholicism ... it is a very private ...