A U.S. Navy officer receives ashes during an Ash Wednesday celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in 2008. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons) Marking the beginning of Lent ...

This year, the world bears witness to an extraordinary celestial and spiritual alignment: Ramadan and Lent, which started on ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized with pneumonia, posted a message for 'Ash Wednesday' while recuperating at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

Vice President J D Vance participated in the rituals of Ash Wednesday as he and other members of the Trump administration ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a sacred season of prayer, fasting, and penance observed by millions worldwide. Why do millions receive ashes on Ash Wednesday? According to Vatican News ...

"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 ... Ash Wednesday. The program has been offered by the Elgin church for several years. (St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church) In the Bible ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here are several verses in the Bible with this reminder about our ... and to the dust they both return.” While Ash Wednesday’s message focuses on mortality, the day as well as the following ...