Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, begins on Wednesday ... Season with Easter, the ...
New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ...
The holy day is the first day of Lent, which is when Christians spend 40 days before Easter reflecting on their religion.
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the ...
ROME (TNND) — Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period.
Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, officially marking the start of Lent, a 40-day period observed by many Christians worldwide ...