ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars ...

New Delhi: Ash Wednesday 2026 falls on 18 February, quietly opening a powerful season of reflection, repentance and renewal for Christians across the world. You might have seen people walking around ...

In his homily, the Pope urged Catholics to treat Lent as a time when the Church is renewed as a true community, even as modern society finds it harder to come together in communion. Pope Leo XIV leads ...

The newly-installed Archbishop Ronald Hicks led Ash Wednesday services in New York City, one of the busiest days on the Catholic calendar. The holiday marks the start of Lent, which is the 40-day ...

Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin. Welcome to Lent, a time to ...

Beneath the Roman pines of the Aventine Hill, Pope Leo XIV led a solemn penitential procession Feb. 18 to Rome's oldest extant basilica, marking the first Ash Wednesday of his pontificate with a call ...

ROME – Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and ...