The declaration, “Defending Refuge”, has been organised by the ecumenical organisation Church World Service. It calls on ...

The pope on Wednesday marked the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and by calling the parish priest in Gaza, ...

Vicksburg put the fun of Mardi Gras behind it as Lent officially began with Ash Wednesday across the River City and the rest ...

Diocese of Tyler Bishop Gregory Kelly led his first mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in downtown Tyler on Ash ...

T he leader of southeastern Michigan's Catholics stood in the aisle at a historic church in downtown Detroit on Wednesday ...

As Catholics around the world celebrated the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, congregants in Nigeria took a moment to pray for ...

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

The annual prayer challenge which began on Ash Wednesday will focus on the writings of St. Josemaría Escrivá. In 2024, nearly ...

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

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Dorothy Revella of Liberty, left, receives her ashes from Youngstown Bishop David J. Bonnar ...

In the weeks leading up to Ash Wednesday, the Rev. Edward Yuhas of St. James and St. Katharine Drexel parishes in Washington ...