Shelter Island Reporter editor Ambrose Clancy details the traditions he and his family have kept from years past.

It is a little dark, a little scary, but the music and talent on the Webster City High School stage this weekend will be certain to brighten moods of all attending “The Addams Family” musical comedy.

(RNS) — Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told immigrants that Trump administration deportation efforts had acquainted them with Ash Wednesday’s Scripture passage about practicing faith in secret. (RNS) — ...

On his 54th birthday, former US Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska was given a cake that proclaimed, "Happy last Birthday Ben!" "I have the best friends," the former senator wrote on Feb. 22, his smiling face ...

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 ...

Christians around the world mark Ash Wednesday as the solemn beginning of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and reflection leading to Good Friday and Easter. We tested EveryPlate’s $7 meal kits ...

Virginia State Police (VSP) said an 88-year-old died after a crash in Bedford County. 'Someone was not a very good boy': Firefighters free puppy from locked car The Lynchburg Fire Department reminds ...

SAN ANTONIO – More than half of San Antonio is preparing for the start of Lent this week with Ash Wednesday — the day many Christians receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their foreheads. For some ...

Parker Glodowski receives the ashen cross from Father David Huffman during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Little Hocking. Huffman said Lent is a time to make spiritual ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season for many Christians. The ashes, made from the previous year's burnt palm branches, symbolize mortality and repentance. Lent is a 40-day period of ...

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 ...

It's Ash Wednesday, so you may see some people walking around with ashes smudged on their foreheads in the shape of a cross to mark the start of Lent. Wednesday, Feb. 18, is a Christian holy day ...