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The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans ...

The families of Annapolis mass shooting victims Christian Segovia, Jr., Mario Mireles, and Nicolas Mireles recently gathered ...

pictures of her in the house, a stocking hung with her name on it at Christmas, etc. But it feels like after 23 years, something should be done with her ashes other than sitting in an old box on a ...

pictures of her in the house, a stocking hung with her name on it at Christmas, etc. But it feels like after 23 years, something should be done with her ashes other than sitting in an old box on a ...

New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity’s 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ...

A Catholic priest rubs the sign of the cross with ashes on a worshipper's forehead on Ash Wednesday at St Francis Catholic Church, Nigeria, March 5, 2025.

pictures of her in the house, a stocking hung with her name on it at Christmas, etc. But it feels like after 23 years, something should be done with her ashes other than sitting in an old box on a ...

Some of the ashes were spread at various locations that she loved. I don’t want the rest in my house anymore, but I don’t know what to ask for. I have always been OK with, and supportive of, stories ...

After his father’s death, Alexander’s stepmother moved, and he never saw his mother’s ashes again. “From pictures of my mom, from pictures to me as a kid. I’ve never seen nothing else ...