Ash Wednesday is the start of the six-week period of Lent, an important time of the year for Christians that leads up to ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads ...

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

Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday by blessing ashes and placing a call from his hospital room to a Gaza parish as Catholics ...

Vice President J D Vance participated in the rituals of Ash Wednesday as he and other members of the Trump administration ...

Online shopping has become a way of life — even for the Catholic Church. In preparation for Ash Wednesday, a rising number of ...

Pastor Tony Ward at West End Presbyterian Church was one of many to distribute ashes today. He says Lent is a time for ...

Noticing people with smudges on their foreheads today? It is Ash Wednesday, kicking off the 40-day Lenten season of prayer, sacrifice and fish Fridays ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin has offered Christians a unique way ...

Wednesday March 5 is Ash Wednesday across the world, which marks the first day of Lent for Christians. Lent is a 40-day ...

Ash Wednesday is officially recognized as the "Day of Ashes," signifying the practice of rubbing ashes on one's forehead in the sign of a cross. This phrase is found in Roman Missals (Dies Cinerum ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...