On Tuesday, there was music, bright colors and pancakes; on Wednesday, there were ashes; at the end of March, there will be palms. Ancient traditions carry worshippers on the journey through Lent, a ...

From Ashes to New has released a new song called "Die for You," a track off the band's upcoming album, Reflections."It's a song that captures the exhaustion of giving endlessly to someone who keeps ...

The owner of PaPa's Daycare in East Helena was charged Tuesday in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court with eight felony counts tied to his alleged sexual abuse of children.

Federal prosecutors are describing those who participated in a July 4 gathering outside a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer wounded as antifa members intent on a ...

This past Wednesday, we took the ashes in the form of the cross on our forehead. We began the forty days of Lent with the reminder of our mortality, as dust unto dust, and our salvation, the cross of ...

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 ...

AIKEN — This week marks the start of Lent, and Feb. 18 meant Ash Wednesday gatherings for thousands of Aiken-area residents, with such concepts as self-denial and prayer coming into sharper focus, in ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Some attend church on Ash Wednesday to receive the blessing, but others take ashes to-go. An event at the Pennsylvania State Capitol started more than a decade ago for people ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Wednesday marks 40 days until Easter—excluding Sundays—and Christians around the world, including in Savannah, are gathering in churches to receive ashes on their foreheads in ...

Fr. Chris Harris of Christ Church Cranbrook targets Royal Oak market, local nursing homes and other spots for outreach at the start of Lent ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened the church's penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the "ashes of international law and justice" that have been left by today's wars ...