Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent on March 5, involves fasting, repentance, and spiritual reflection for Christians. Believers attend church services, receiving ashes on their foreheads as a ...

The world misses out when society or the Church sets barriers in our way. I pray for, and do my best to work for, a Church and a world where every woman and every girl lives in a safe and stable ...

Lent is the 40 days of intentional sacrifice and spiritual discipline that precedes the festivities of Easter Sunday. Celebrate Ash Wednesday with quotes and messages that encourage introspection, ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day Lenten season, marked by prayer, penance, and fasting. Different Christian denominations observe this day by placing ashes on foreheads symbolizing mortality and ...

This year, Ash Wednesday lands on Wednesday, March 5, and that day also marks the beginning of Lent. While many will participate in the tradition of giving up meat on Fridays, some may also ...