Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday is today and the Lenten season is underway. The religious holiday is a significant part of the Christian faith ...
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer observed by Christians. The 40 days of Lent represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. This year, Ash ...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Christians will observe Ash Wednesday on March 5, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seeking spiritual ...
FILE - Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people's foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia ...
A parishioner receives ashes from a Deacon during Ash Wednesday mass on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, at Gesu Catholic Church in downtown Miami. The mass was fully packed with standing rom only at the ...
The Easter season is fast approaching, and for Christians, it begins with a focus on repentance and self-denial leading up to the holiday the faithful believe celebrates the resurrection of Jesus ...
This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...
Allentown Bishop Alfred A. Schlert places ashes on the foreheads of students during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown. Allentown Bishop Alfred A. Schlert ...
Ash Wednesday is next week and the Lenten season − a significant part of the Christian faith − is about to start. Here is what we know about Ash Wednesday and Lent, plus what dates Easter, Palm Sunday ...
This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...