The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

Parkersburg resident Marvin Trippett walks back to his pew following the imposition of ashes on his forehead during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday afternoon at Crossroads Church in Waverly.

A Christian woman on TikTok claims that her boss demanded she remove Ash Wednesday ashes from her forehead at work. She explained that she works in a restaurant and was ready to work at the ...

Ashes are applied to the forehead of a young girl Wednesday morning at St. Michael Catholic Church. St. Michael school children and congregation members gathered Wednesday morning to honor Ash ...

Observing Lent involves various spiritual practices, including prayer, fasting, and acts of charity. One key aspect of this religious season is dietary discipline—which requires Christians ...

Bristol is the place to be if you like Shakespeare at the moment, with one play currently on and another beginning this week. The city's schools embraced World Book Day with enthusiasm on Thursday, as ...

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 ...

On March 5, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared for an interview on Fox News with an ash cross on his forehead. This symbolic gesture coincided with Ash Wednesday, a day when Catholics ...

A Camden cathedral service was among those that marked start of Lent, a time of prayer, fasting and charity for many Catholics, other Christians.