Diocese of Pueblo Bishop Stephen J. Berg writes about Lent and shares a recent experience of reconciliation and repentance.

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent ...

A young woman receives ashes marking Ash Wednesday inside the Notre-Dame de la Treille Basilica - Cathedral in Lille, France on March 5, 2025. (photo: Brigitte Naeye / Brigitte Naeye) Solène ...

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The vandalism occurred at Our Mother of Good Counsel church in the Los Feliz ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

MUMBAI, India – A rally was held by Islamist radicals on March 5 in Indonesia protesting Catholic worship taking place at a public social center. The protest took place in Arcamanik in West Java ...

Deacon Joe DesMaris, foreground, uses ashes to make the sign of the cross on Gwen Torfin's forehead while her niece Eloise Essen watches on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at St. Francis of Assisi ...

The Rev. Marion Phipps provides the Ash Wednesday services and offers each recipient a prayer. It was something she went into with some skepticism when the idea initially came up five years ago, ...

OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY. TODAY, MANY CATHOLICS IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION ARE AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN THE RITUALS. KCRA 3’S DENEEKA HILL WAS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN DOWNTOWN ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, a period of reflection for Catholics worldwide. While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up ...