Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...

Ash Wednesday is the start of the six-week period of Lent, an important time of the year for Christians that leads up to ...

One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do ...

Readings: Joel 2:12-18 / Psalms 51:3-4.5-6ab. 12-14 and 17 / 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 /Matthew 6:1-6.16-18. (Photo from ...

Catholics receive ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas, on March ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the ...

Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many ...

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

Christians are observing Ash Wednesday, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing ...