Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

This is the first time Archbishop Broglio has issued a Lenten reflection since he was elected USCCB president in 2022.

As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season.

As Ash Wednesday approaches, Father Adams highlights the tradition where thousands in Spokane will receive ashes on their foreheads during Mass. This act serves as a reminder of life's fragility, with ...

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The Oscar-winning film "The Brutalist" was inspired in part by St. John's Abbey Church, thanks to a book written by a monk who worked with architect Marcel Breuer.

Cardinal Robert McElroy will lead the Ash Wednesday Mass at 12:10 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in ...

"We pray and hope that the United States, in concert with the wider international community, works with perseverance for a ...

Also known as the Day of Ashes, this traditional day of repentance for Christians, and observed by various denominations, involves fasting and Mass.

According to religious historian Dr. Teresa Berger of Yale Divinity School, "Lenten practices have always contained seeds of ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

There is an eloquent ambiguity in the way in which the opening word of the Nicene Creed has come down to us. Our best ...