As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season.

Ash Wednesday is a special day when Christian faithful mark the beginning of the Lent season that is observed in the 40 days ...

New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ...

The Very Rev. John S. Evans, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City vicar general and moderator of the curia, presided over ...

If end-of-life care matters, surely it can be strengthened by beginning-of-life wisdom. On this first day of Lent and ...

A Catholic parish in Des Moines says winter weather will not cancel their plans to commemorate Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday ...

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Decked in a purple robe symbolizing the Lenten season ... and to dust you shall return." The ceremony on Ash Wednesday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church that starts the season of Lent for many ...