As a hospice chaplain, I not only see the reality of grief, but I have the privilege of seeing that far from being a defect, ...

Christian life in God’s presence was considered too serious to leave room for humor. Some Desert Fathers were dismayed to see their young disciples laughing and joking. Juliette Ploquin sees ...

Catholics marked the start of Lent without Pope Francis on Wednesday. The 88-year-old spent his twentieth day in the hospital ...

The pews of St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark were packed Wednesday for Ash Wednesday Mass. “Ash Wednesday is just a very ...

Members of the Rome Fire Department joined Catholics across Central New York and worldwide to celebrate Ash Wednesday. The Very Rev. Sean P. O’Brien of St. Peter’s Church ...

If end-of-life care matters, surely it can be strengthened by beginning-of-life wisdom. On this first day of Lent and ...

As part of the BBC Radio 4 Extra Daily Service for Ash Wednesday, Archbishop Stephen offered a short homily. This follows in ...

Meet me tomorrow at the Shrove Grove, yeah? Gonna get all shrived, like completely and utterly shriven. Wednesday? Ash.' ...

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

Every year, millions of Christians gather to participate in a deeply symbolic act that marks the start of Lent-Ash Wednesday.

The liturgy of Ash Wednesday has come to tell us something new about time, our time, and to invite us into a new ...

Ash Wednesday is on March 5. It marks the first day of Lent, a period of reflection, fasting and prayer leading up to Easter that many of the Christian faith observe, according to Christianity.com.