This year is a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church with the theme of being pilgrims of hope. How can we envision this holy ...

It's Ash Wednesday ... tenants of prayer, fasting and alms giving, and we receive ashes on our head as a sign of that mark that we belong to Christ," Hoffa said. This Ash Wednesday takes on ...

As Easter approaches on April 20, 2025, faithful Christians worldwide are using the holy season of Christ’s journey from sacrifice to resurrection to demand protection for vulnerable people around the ...

the 40 days Christians observe with prayer and penance before Easter. In the still-scarred landscapes of the Eaton and Palisades fires, believers said this first Ash Wednesday brought with it a ...

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 ...

Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, is a period of preparation ... Fox News Digital also spoke this week to the team behind the Hallow prayer app. One way that many Christians choose to grow ...

“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Starting on Ash Wednesday, March 5, the period of Lent began for Christians and Catholics across West Michigan. Lent is a six-week period of prayer, fasting and abstinence ...

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 ...

In a brief recording, Francis thanked them for their prayers. “May God bless you ... He remained in the hospital on Ash Wednesday, a day in the Christian liturgical calendar that serves as ...

Lent is a 40-day period of prayer and reflection ... the world and in Michigan on Wednesday began the season of Lent, the period of time leading up to Easter. Ash Wednesday marked the first ...