Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.
When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.
The students at St. Peter School attended Mass at the church on Ash Wednesday, with each student receiving ashes on their ...
A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...
Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.
This small park used to be home to the first Catholic Church for African Americans west of Baltimore, served by the first ...