Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...
The Lenten ritual is six weeks of abstinence and fasting that emerged out of pagan practices. The word itself derived from ...
Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of penance.
The Lenten season that began on Wednesday, normally one of introspection and personal spiritual observances, has become a ...
T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA Eucharistic Minister Paula Pollock marks the foreheads of Ana Vazquez and J.P. Paredes with ashes on Ash ...
New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ...
A Catholic Mass was reportedly celebrated for the staff at the White House today in observance of Ash Wednesday. An email ...
The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, ...