For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from ...

Catholics receive ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas, on March ...

The church will be providing ashes on Wednesday, March 5th, during two time slots, from 6:30 – 9:00 a.m. and from 4:30 – 6:30 ...

Lent, the season of penitence, is the preparation of the soul to accompany the Lord in the Passion. It begins now, and ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Catholics and other Christian denominations including Anglicans, ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

Lent is a period of prayer, fasting and alms-giving, as Christians around the world prepare for Easter. The Church's message ...