Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

Vigneron reflected on how many times he has led the Ash Wednesday Mass, many of them at St. Aloysius, since he became ...

Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit ...

Francis remained in stable condition, with a guarded prognosis, meaning he was not out of danger, the Vatican said.

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. This is the second year ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before ...

Many Christians throughout the area observed Ash Wednesday, including those at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna.

The service, held at the church on Northeast 2nd Street, marked the beginning of the 40-day period of preparation leading to Easter Sunday.

The students at St. Peter School attended Mass at the church on Ash Wednesday, with each student receiving ashes on their ...