As a bondholder, it was once possible to sleep soundly knowing that if a company came unstuck its lenders would get paid ...

A dusty claypan in outback Western Australia is transformed back into a historic race track, as vintage car and motorcycle enthusiasts re-enact races held a century ago.

IT WASN’T EXACTLY spring cleaning, but it was an overdue clearing out of the “library” of books in the shelf behind the soon-to-be-replaced couch. The books lined up like a vertical stratigraphy of ...

Lent is supposed to be a time of reflection and contemplation, but only if you do it right. And I can already say with confidence, barely a few days into this Lenten Season, that I am doing it wrong.

Over a billion Catholics worldwide and a million in the Archdiocese of Atlanta ushered in the beginning of Lent — the most important part of the year for the Catholic Church — while its leader ...

People walk at dusk in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.) Listen On Thursday morning, the Vatican issued a statement saying Pope Francis “is ...

March 5 (UPI) --The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter. Ashes "revive in us the memory of what we are," but also "the ...

There's a day that comes around each year when you might see people walking around with black marks on their foreheads—it's a ...

Today thousands of Christians in Alabama and millions worldwide will observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, the penitential season leading up to the celebration of Easter on April ...

Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian dates. It's the start of a weekslong period for the faithful called Lent that comes ahead of one of the most joyous of Christian holidays. Observed ...

A reflection on Psalm 103:14 for Ash Wednesday. In Eden, everything was a hallelujah. Good! Very good! God said (Gen. 1:1–31). Though brown and gray, even dust was a dappled speck of glittering life.