(RNS) — Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told immigrants that Trump administration deportation efforts had acquainted them with Ash Wednesday’s Scripture passage about practicing faith in secret. (RNS) — ...

I must have been about 10, when a few days before Ash Wednesday, my mother asked me what I was planning to give up for Lent. Faking a thoughtful expression, I said, “Clark Bars.” She immediately ...

On March 27, 1987, U2 took to the rooftop of a local Los Angeles liquor store while filming a music video for "Where The Streets Have No Name".

Millions of Christians around the world attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season that prepares the faithful for Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day period ...

SANTA CRUZ — Parishioners received ashes on their foreheads at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz during Ash Wednesday morning Mass on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many ...

SAN ANTONIO – More than half of San Antonio is preparing for the start of Lent this week with Ash Wednesday — the day many Christians receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their foreheads. For some ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season for many Christians. The ashes, made from the previous year's burnt palm branches, symbolize mortality and repentance. Lent is a 40-day period of ...

Wednesday morning, Catholics and Christians around the world gathered in observance of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent and the 40 days of fasting leading up to Good Friday and Easter ...

Christians throughout Northeast Pennsylvania observed Ash Wednesday, one of the most important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer, and takes ...

This is Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On Ash ...

Allentown Bishop Alfred A. Schlert places ashes on the foreheads of students during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown. Allentown Bishop Alfred A. Schlert ...