In preparation for Easter, many Christians and Catholics have been observing Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and will ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Catholics receive ashes on their forehead from Bishop Mark J. Seitz, who conducted a worship ...

In the Catholic Church, ashes are applied to the forehead of each worship attendee at Ash Wednesday mass services. The receiving of ashes is not a sacrament of the Catholic Church and is therefore ...