Mass for Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be held at various churches in English and Spanish on March 5.

As Mardi Gras comes to an end many Catholics in the Acadiana area are preparing for the beginning of Lent. Here are the ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, is March 5. The Archdiocese of Agana has released the Mass schedule for ...

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

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

Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people from all denominations of Christianity practice self-sacrifice ...

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

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

In 2025, Fat Tuesday is on Tuesday, March 4. Even though Ash Wednesday isn't a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics like ...

Christians are observing Ash Wednesday, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing ...

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