Lent 2025: Why do Christians wear ashes and give things up for Lent?
Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this ...
How New Orleans cleans up the waves of trash left behind after Mardi Gras
With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...
Marking Ash Wednesday as Pope recovers
Marking Ash Wednesday as Pope recovers ...
Residents in Greenville observe Ash Wednesday as Pope Francis recovers in Rome
It’s Ash Wednesday and some in Greenville joined millions around the world to honor this holy day.
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What is Ash Wednesday, and how is it observed in Peoria?
Following Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent. For many, the day is the first day of giving something up ...
Hundreds in Portland mark start of Lent with Ash Wednesday
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent, a 40-day period leading up to Easter. During Lent, many people give up ...
West neighbors pray for Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday
Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe's fiancée, Kimberly Burch, has died after a tragic fall from a cruise ship. For $2 a go, ...
Ash Wednesday: Christians mark a day of prayer and repentance with drive thru ashes and confession
Folks celebrated Ash Wednesday March 5, a holy day of prayer and repentance for Christians. READ MORE: ...
Ash Wednesday calls fire-scarred faithful to walk path of sorrow, renewal
The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, ...
'Cheeky' message draws faithful to church service in downtown Victoria
Father Dean Henderson had a special sandwich board made to coax people into St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.
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People gather at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross for Ash Wednesday
People gathered for mass in Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross for Ash Wednesday.Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
Utah Christians — from Catholics to Lutherans to Latter-day Saints — begin countdown to Easter
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 ...