This is Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On Ash ...

Trinity Lutheran Church congregation members stood in line to receive a dark cross mark made of palm ashes across their foreheads, commemorating the first day of the Lenten season and a symbol of ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday is today and the Lenten season is underway. The religious holiday is a significant part of the Christian faith ...

FILE - Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people's foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia ...

(AP) - This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other ...