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

Pope Francis was resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

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 ...

Press Rev. Rick L. Courier imposes ashes on a parishioner during Ash Wednesday service at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic ...

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

Some churches on the Northshore are making it easier than ever to receive ashes without stepping inside of a church ...

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of Lent.

Ash Wednesday began the Lenten season and ushers in weekly Friday dinners by area Knights of Columbus councils.