Today is Ash Wednesday, and Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, has something he wants you to give up for Lent. “I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form ...

The 40 days of Lent are an echo of the 40 days that Jesus spent after his baptism, fasting and being tempted in the wilderness. If you count the days, you’ll find that the seaso ...

Ash smeared in the shape of a cross marked the foreheads of those who attended Ash Wednesday Mass in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher, beginning the 2026 Lenten season. The Beacon asked students after ...

See our set of resources as Christians walk through these 40 days before the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord on Easter Sunday, April 2.

What is Easter 2026? What is the Easter Sunday date this year? When does Lent end? What we know on Palm Sunday, Maundy ...

The Department of Homeland Security complied with a federal judge’s Feb. 12 order to allow members of the Chicago-based ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told immigrants that Trump administration deportation efforts had acquainted them with Ash ...

Fox's Laura Ingraham went into full North Korean Dear Leader mode on her show this Wednesday while trying to pretend Trump's Black History Month event at the White House wasn't a complete debacle.

Ashes to go” services offer a moment of prayer for Baltimore-area worshippers who can’t attend an Ash Wednesday church service.

Catholic faith leaders provided communion and ashes to detained migrants inside the Broadview building as Catholics celebrate Ash Wednesday. Faith leaders had been denied access to the building in the ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in Western Christianity. Here's what ash means on Ash Wednesday as well as the history of how this tradition came to be.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Christians and Muslims across Philadelphia marked the start of two significant religious observances Wednesday, as both Ash Wednesday and the first day of Ramadan fell at the ...