On his 54th birthday, former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska was given a cake that proclaimed, “Happy last Birthday Ben!” ...

On his 54th birthday, former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska was given a cake that proclaimed, “Happy last Birthday Ben!” ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, signaling the beginning of the 40-days focused on mortality and renewal before Easter. It is symbolized by the imposition of a cross on the forehead using ashes ...

A pivotal period, Lent is a 40-day season of penance that is observed by many Christian denominations. Lent began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, and ends during Holy Week, starting on Palm Sunday, March ...

In the Christian tradition, many who celebrates Ash Wednesday are marked with an ash cross on the forehead, and hear the words, many say, “Remember that from dust you came ...

On his 54th birthday, former US Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska was given a cake that proclaimed, "Happy last Birthday Ben!" ...

Ashes formed in the cross mark the forehead of a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Bishop Michael Martin is ...

We should not be surprised if Catholics are asked to pay a price for what their leaders are compelled to do in service of the ...

Last week, hundreds of students and New Yorkers took a break from their typical Wednesday routine to receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross at The Catholic Center at NYU. The ...

In a certain way, the Ash Wednesday service outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Melrose Park, was about what MAGA used to call “religious liberty.” And by religious liberty, I do not mean ...

Kosovo, a young nation of 2 million people, is more than 90% Muslim and is still reeling from a war in 1998-99 it waged for independence from predominantly Orthodox Christian Serbia. Kosovo's ethnic ...