Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...

New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ...

Fueled by youth searching for meaning in an uncertain world, Catholic influencers on social media have also emerged as ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other ...

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...

Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

It happened around 2 a.m. on Ash Wednesday at a club on St. Andrew Street near Constance Street. Broderick Butler is facing ...

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

The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter in ...

Reverend John-James Arcidiacono, center, fills the air with incense using a thurible during Ash Wednesday services with Deacons Robert Rinne, left, and Jim Heatwole, right, at the Cathedral ...