“Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday.” I hadn’t forgotten. I had celebrated Mardi Gras the day before by reposting memes ...

A young woman receives ashes marking Ash Wednesday inside ... ashen cross on camera as they entered Lent. A long line during Mass to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday on March 5, 2025 in the Notre ...

An investigation is underway after a Catholic church in Los Feliz was targeted by an alleged arsonist on Ash Wednesday. The incident happened at Our Mother of Good Counsel, located in the 2000 ...

This past Wednesday, many churches in our community observed Ash Wednesday, signaling the beginning of the Lenten season. For churches that follow a liturgical calendar, Lent is a 40-day period of ...

Christians, too, commenced their 40-day period of Lent this week on Ash Wednesday. Lent is a season for contemplation, prayer, fasting, and alms-giving. It is also a time of preparation and ...

Many Christians use 40 days of Lent as a time for reading, services and other ways of reflection to lead up to Easter. Ashes are applied to the forehead of a young girl Wednesday morning at St ...

James Cameron's Avatar movies have proven to be extremely divisive, but no matter how you feel about him devoting such a huge chunk of his career to the series, seeing Pandora on the big screen ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Starting on Ash Wednesday, March 5, the period of Lent began for Christians and Catholics across West Michigan. Lent is a six-week period of prayer, fasting and abstinence ...

MUMBAI, India – A rally was held by Islamist radicals on March 5 in Indonesia protesting Catholic worship taking place at a public social center. The protest took place in Arcamanik in West Java ...

Lent began with Ash Wednesday, which kept many local churches and parishes busy with events throughout the day. Before Our Lady of Peace Parish’s noon service in Ashtabula, Father John Keehner ...

As Lent begins, many are using this time for prayer, fasting, and reflection, aiming to deepen their faith as they prepare for Easter Christian and Catholic communities around the country ...