After months of denied access, faith leaders were allowed into the Broadview ICE facility to provide pastoral care on Ash Wednesday.

Though raised Catholic, Massa said he did not actively practice his faith until getting involved with AUCatholic during his freshman year. He remembered his first Ash Wednesday Mass on campus as ...

The officiant typically says, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," a stark reminder that death is part ...

Catholics going to Mass on Ash Wednesday will leave church marked, but whether the ashes appear as a bold cross on the ...

If you've spotted people out and about with ashes on their forehead, it can only mean one thing: It's Ash Wednesday. Here's ...

It’s Ash Wednesday, marking the end of Fat Tuesday celebrations and the beginning of Lent season for many Christians. As is tradition on Ash Wednesday, ...

Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The holy day marks the beginning of Lent. Easter Sunday will fall on April 5 in 2026. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period for repentance and ...

The cross traced on the forehead echoes the sign first made at baptism and repeated throughout a Catholic’s sacramental life, Father Martis said.

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent 2026. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we ...

Everything you need to know about Christians receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday.

A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, prosecutors said.

Libya granted several foreign companies new oil exploration and production licences for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday, after more than a decade of political instability.