The Christian world today begins a 40-day period of praying, fasting, arms-giving and self-denial with Ash Wednesday. This religious exercise reminds mankind ...

Many of Palm Desert's churches are hosting Ash Wednesday services on March 5, marking day one of Lent and 40 days until Easter Sunday in 2025. "In 2025, like in every year, Ash Wednesday marks the ...

The chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cebu, Monsignor Renato Beltran, led a ritual of the burning and blessing of wilted palm ...

Christians will get one last nibble on their paczkis and king cakes as Mardi Gras and the Carnival Season give way to Ash Wednesday this week.

Catholics receive ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas, on March ...

While Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent ... Residents of Jerusalem are said to have waved palm fronds to celebrate his arrival. Lent is six weeks of fasting or self-sacrifice, prayer ...

For the past year, the palms Rev. Robin Dodge and his family used in last year’s Palm Sunday procession sat next to two holy ...