FILE - Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people's foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. This is ...

(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) — ...

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 ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It's Ash Wednesday, which marks the first day of Lent for millions of Christians around the world. News Channel 3 stopped by St. Augustine Cathedral in Kalamazoo as people gathered ...

For Elizabeth Delgadillo, an 18-year-old Santa Ana College student, attending Mass on Ash Wednesday has been a family tradition since childhood. Now returning to the Catholic faith on her own terms, ...

Christians around the world mark Ash Wednesday as the solemn beginning of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and reflection leading to Good Friday and Easter. EcoFlow’s Spring Sale starts now ...

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 ...

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 read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV presided over Ash Wednesday, lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” destroyed by ...

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 ...