Ash Wednesday, in most Christian denominations, is the beginning of the Lenten season leading up to Easter Sunday. It is ...

“Ash Wednesday is a way of looking ahead to Easter,” Father Morrill said. “And here in the Northern Hemisphere, that also ...

For the fourth year, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Elk Grove Village distributed ashes at a community drive-up event Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a ...

Pope Leo is set to mark the first Ash Wednesday of his papacy as Catholics around the world begin the Lenten season.

Around 40 people gathered to peacefully for a multifaith service celebrating Ash Wednesday outside of a central New York ICE office.

St. John the Evangelist Church in Philadelphia offered Masses, brief liturgies with ashes and confessions over 11 hours Feb.

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday joinedCatholic faithful at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Nyali, Mombasa,to mark Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.The start of the Lenten ...

Each car was greeted by a member of the church offering a special blessing on Ash Wednesday ...