According to Catholic tradition, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and prayer. Catholics also take the time to receive ash on their foreheads, a sign of repentance, according to Dynamic Catholic.

As Catholics around the world celebrated the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, congregants in Nigeria took a moment to pray for the well-being of Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment due ...

Back from offering interim ministry in Grenada, Jonathan Meyrick hopes that his trip will inspire other retired priests ...

Although Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic church, this service -- which initiates the liturgical season of Lent -- is well-attended, according to Monsignor R. Mark ...

Catholic faith gains popularity as Father Tidd explains Delbarton School's approach of proposing faith connects with young ...

According to Old Farmer's Almanac, Ember Days are a folklore tradition. Three days shortly after a holiday can preview the next 3 months' weather in MS.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was acquitted Wednesday on the most serious charges, sex trafficking and racketeering. He was found guilty ...

Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya was blocked "because it had been used by suspects who carried out numerous stone-throwing and Molotov cocktail attacks," the IDF said.The post IDF blocks off Samaria village in ...

Clouds build up in the early afternoon and gusty winds push in every direction. The skies darken and then comes the rain — ...

At least 14 churches, synagogues, mosques and temples were destroyed and many others sustained damage in the fires.

I stopped dressing up for church. Until then my typical Sunday outfit consisted of either one of my better dresses or a skirt ...