The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

A dominant display by Wall Street Trader in the $1.25-million Ash Wednesday Trophy feature race at Caymanas Park on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 left trainer Rowan Mathie ecstatic. The six-year-old ...

Extremists target a facility built by a Catholic priest in Arcamanik claiming that it should be exclusively for social purposes, not religion. In fact, it has been used for some time for weekly ...

Christians around the world and in Michigan on Wednesday began the season of Lent, the period of time leading up to Easter. Ash Wednesday marked the first day of Lent, one of five key periods on ...

"Cutting down that net was absolutely amazing and the support that we had, the people that drove down to Baytown the text messages, the calls, it was just absolutely incredible. I kept on thinking in ...

The Rev. Marion Phipps provides the Ash Wednesday services and offers each recipient a prayer. It was something she went into with some skepticism when the idea initially came up five years ago, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans ...

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent ...

During the morning, the pope participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration, receiving ashes and Holy Communion. ROME - Pope Francis' condition "remained stable" on Wednesday, "without any episodes ...

Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent. See photos below. The Rev. John A. Krivak, pastor at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...