When is Easter in 2025? This year, Easter falls on April 20. Why is Easter so late this year? The Old Farmer's Almanac ...

March 4 meant an annual milestone for thousands of local residents, possibly including participation in an Ash Wednesday ...

Ash Wednesday services were held in several places in the Charleston, West Virginia area on March 5, 2025, including the City ...

Christians across the world observe a 40-day period called Lent. It represents the 40 days in the Bible that Jesus had spent ...

T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA Eucharistic Minister Paula Pollock marks the foreheads of Ana Vazquez and J.P. Paredes with ashes on Ash ...

Local Christians joined others across the community and the world celebrating Ash Wednesday this week, marking the beginning ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent with a cross of burned palm upon the forehead, ...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, yesterday urged Nigerians to use the Lenten season as a time for reflection, sacrifice, and national healing. In a ...

This period begins Christianity’s holiest season and starts the countdown toward its holiest day: Easter. Many Utahns — like these at the majestic Catholic Cathedral of the Madeleine in downtown Salt ...

Local Catholic churches hosted mass and prayer services throughout the day for people to come and receive their ashes.

In the heart of downtown Sacramento, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament opened its doors to hundreds of worshippers on Ash Wednesday.

The solemn day is even more so as Pope Francis continues to experience a health crisis, though reports seem to indicate ...