Folks celebrated Ash Wednesday March 5, a holy day of prayer and repentance for Christians. READ MORE: <a href=" ...

Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday by blessing ashes and placing a call from his hospital room to a Gaza parish as Catholics around the world celebrated the first day of Lent by praying for the ...

Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent. See photos below. The Rev. John A. Krivak, pastor at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ...

Pope Francis reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia ... The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ...

ROME (AP) — Parishoners gathered inside St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to mark the start of Lent by receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday. Deacon Chris ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Catholics receive ashes on their forehead from Bishop Mark J. Seitz, who conducted a worship ...

Parkersburg resident Marvin Trippett walks back to his pew following the imposition of ashes on his forehead during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday afternoon at Crossroads Church in Waverly.

In church services Wednesday across Longview and elsewhere, Christians took time to observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day season of Lent. In the Christian church ...

In the Gregorian calendar, this year’s Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 5. Many worshippers literally mark their observation of Ash Wednesday. They have their foreheads marked with ...

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