See photos below ... Deacon Dave Rohner does the Ash Wednesday reading at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church in Hellertown. Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services ...

New York's Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity's 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ahead of ...

The Very Rev. John S. Evans, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City vicar general and moderator of the curia, presided over Ash Wednesday mass for students and faculty from St. John the Baptist ...

Some refer to Ash Wednesday and Lent as the “40 days and 40 nights” period that Jesus is said in the bible to have spent fasting and being tempted by the devil. Ashes are marked on a person’s forehead ...

pastor of the Roman Catholic church. Adults, families and children attended other services throughout the day for Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day of fasting and prayer. It is the start of the ...

Members of the Catholic Church ages 18 to 59 are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday ... and the Stations of the Cross, 14 images depicting events of Jesus' life on the day of ...

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

Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday on his 20th day in Rome's Gemelli hospital by taking part in the rite of the blessing of ...

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

During the morning, the pope participated in an Ash ... Wednesday, "without any episodes of respiratory insufficiency," according to a new update by the Vatican. The pope, 88, called the Catholic ...