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 ...

Left unchecked, with no repentance, our many collective individual sins metastasize into what Saint Pope John Paul II called the “structures of sin” – those larger elements within our cultures, ...

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

Millions of Christians around the world attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season that prepares the faithful for Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day period ...

The Rev. Paul Keller walked out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in west suburban Broadview Wednesday afternoon with his palms coated in ash. His hands stood as a testament to ...

Christians around the world mark Ash Wednesday as the solemn beginning of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and reflection leading to Good Friday and Easter. Right now, you can score a eufy E25 ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Christian season of fasting, prayer and almsgiving known as Lent, began as usual in a solemn way. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Inland Empire Christians joined ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of ...

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 ...

Around 70 Christians gathered outside the Ministry of Defence in Central London today, to take part in the annual Ash Wednesday procession and prayer vigil. This was the 44th year Christians undertook ...