Readings: Joel 2:12-18 / Psalms 51:3-4.5-6ab. 12-14 and 17 / 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 /Matthew 6:1-6.16-18. (Photo from ...

One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do ...

Lent has begun for many in typical ways, with fish fries as well as Ash Wednesday worship services or occasions where one ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the season of Lent in the church. Join us for a penitential service, where we receive a mark of ashes as a reminder that we are created from dust, and to dust we will ...

The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter in ...

As part of the BBC Radio 4 Extra Daily Service for Ash Wednesday, Archbishop Stephen offered a short homily. This follows in ...

Ash Wednesday signifies the first day of Lent, a 40-day period leading up to Easter in the Christian faith. Each year, ...

Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ.

An important day in the life of the Christian liturgical calendar is Ash Wednesday, which is this Wednesday, March 5. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, which is the forty-day journey “in the ...

Pope Francis had a "good night" as he enters his third week of treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said Thursday.

Geiger, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, said during his Ash Wednesday sermon. “Sin is also the reasoning that evaluates our best actions by what people get out of it.” His sermon was based ...