Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski presided over Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Anthony Catholic Church ... Herald in 1990 and transitioned over to their online team in 1997. In 2001, he moved north ...

Ash Wednesday begins the liturgical season of Lent for many Christian faiths. Catholics celebrate the day by attending Mass and receiving ashes on their forehead. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

While Pope Francis remained in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass in his place in a poignant ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on ...

Here's what to know about the holy day. Many Christians will abstain from eating (or eat only one large meal), pray, and attend Ash Wednesday mass to receive ashes on their forehead, per ...

Bishop Dennis Sullivan, who leads the Diocese of Camden, marked the season's start on Ash Wednesday with a noon Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. At the Camden church service ...

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 ...

The practices of Ash Wednesday, such as the placing of ashes on the foreheads of participants, go back centuries. The holiday is also the solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the star ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier this afternoon. The mass, held at St. Anthony Catholic Church in ...

Students with Holy Trinity Catholic School and Pre-School also visited on Ash Wednesday to receive the rite. The season — observed by Roman Catholics, Lutherans and several other Christian ...