A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night in Kaduna state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist ...

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

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

Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

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

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads ...

Ash Wednesday, March 5, this year, the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality.

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, ...

One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Chicago Catholics, with many carrying an ashen cross across their ...