If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps after the Ash Wednesday service. The mass, one of many held at the downtown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Easter season begins today with Ash Wednesday, and for Christians, it is a time to focus on repentance and self-denial leading ...

Millions of Christians around the world attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season that prepares the faithful for Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day period ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Hundreds of worshippers filled the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland for the noon Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the beginning of the Lenten season with one of ...

Hundreds of El Pasoans — from military soldiers and couples to families — began the Lenten season with an early morning Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral. Clergy led the Mass with packed ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. On Ash Wednesday, many East Texans received ashes in the form of a cross on their foreheads. It’s a symbol of humility and repentance, with ...

Pope Leo XIV, left, arrives, with bishops and cardinals in a penitential procession marking the start of the Catholic Lent, at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, where he ...

Christians throughout Northeast Pennsylvania observed Ash Wednesday, one of the most important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer, and takes ...

Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old Testament, where ashes on the forehead was "a sign of repentance for sins, ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Christian season of fasting, prayer and almsgiving known as Lent, began as usual in a solemn way. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Inland Empire Christians joined ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps after the ...