Faith leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., yesterday to mark the Christian holy day of Ash Wednesday and to condemn the ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis couldn't celebrate Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent outside the hospital.

A Catholic priest rubs the sign of the cross with ashes on a worshipper's forehead on Ash Wednesday at St Francis Catholic ...

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has been stable for two ...

"The night passed quietly, the pope is still resting," the Vatican said Thursday as there's still no update on when he will be released from hospital.

Tamale, March 06, GNA – Christians from the Catholic faith in Tamale received ashes on Wednesday in the shape of a cross on their foreheads, signifying dust, grief, humility and repentance. This holy ...

Maria Johns receives ashes from the Rev. Mike Chenier during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church ...