A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...

It’s Ash Wednesday, a day to mark the first day of Lent for many Christian groups including Catholics, Lutherans, and ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and ...

Christians are observing Ash Wednesday, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of penance.

The Holy Father's prognosis remains complex as he engages in Lenten traditions and Vatican duties during hospitalization.

Built on land donated by Pope Pius XI to the theologian and physician Agostino Gemelli in 1934, it has become known as the ...

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of Lent.

While most commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church ... the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead. Ash Wednesday also marks the first day of ...

As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, ...