Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps after the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old ...

Catholic students describe their experience of Ash Wednesday at American University in Washington, D.C. An American University student receives ashes during the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Kay Spiritual ...

The faithful across Hancock County gathered at services Wednesday, opening the season of Lent with prayer, penance and fasting. Ash Wednesday is the first day of the 40-day Lenten season, dedicated to ...

Hundreds of El Pasoans — from military soldiers and couples to families — began the Lenten season with an early morning Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral. Clergy led the Mass with packed ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday Feb. 18 this year and will mark the season of Lent, leading up to Easter. Lent is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with ...

If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps after the Ash Wednesday service. The mass, one of many held at the downtown ...

Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old Testament, where ashes on the forehead was "a sign of repentance for sins, ...