Mass for Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be held at various churches in English and Spanish on March 5.

T he leader of southeastern Michigan's Catholics stood in the aisle at a historic church in downtown Detroit on Wednesday ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop-elect of Washington, during a March 5 Ash Wednesday Mass at the ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people from all denominations of Christianity practice self-sacrifice and discipline.

Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ.

The call of Lent, Pope Francis wrote, is a call to turn to the Lord and so become "a sign of hope for the world." ...

Ash Wednesday begins the liturgical season of Lent for many Christian faiths. Catholics celebrate the day by attending Mass ...

Many Christians will abstain from eating (or eat only one large meal), pray, and attend Ash Wednesday mass to receive ashes ...

A Catholic Mass was reportedly celebrated for the staff at the White House today in observance of Ash Wednesday. An email from the White House Management Office informed staff that the Mass would ...

Fueled by youth searching for meaning in an uncertain world, Catholic influencers on social media have also emerged as ...

Receive ashes on Ash Wednesday March 5, at the following times and locations ... 30 minute service 7 p.m. - Moloney Hall, UCrossing, mass All are welcome to receive ashes.