The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent ...

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 ...

Deacon Joe DesMaris, foreground, uses ashes to make the sign of the cross on Gwen Torfin's forehead while her niece Eloise Essen watches on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at St. Francis of Assisi ...

OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY. TODAY, MANY CATHOLICS IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION ARE AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN THE RITUALS. KCRA 3’S DENEEKA HILL WAS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN DOWNTOWN ...

OR BY CAR. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE PARTICIPATING IN ASH WEDNESDAY, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. IT KIND OF MIGHT HAVE ITS ROOTS IN CATHOLICISM, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT UNIQUE TO CATHOLICISM.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Ash Wednesday is a day observed by some Christians that marks the beginning of Lent. One Sioux Falls church is observing the day a little differently than most churches.

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...

Yesterday, March 5, churches were filled with worshippers present for this year’s Ash Wednesday Mass and ritual. As priests and ministers applied ash on the forehead, churchgoers heard this ...

While Pope Francis remained in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass in his place in a poignant ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - It’s Ash Wednesday and some in Greenville joined millions around the world to honor this holy day. Severe weather didn’t put a damper on the observance. This year ...

Lent has begun for many in typical ways, with fish fries as well as Ash Wednesday worship services or occasions where one could stop and get ashes given out drive-by style. In churches such as one ...