A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

Archbishop Hebda said that the word for humility comes from the Latin word “humus,” for earth or ground. To him, there’s an immediate connection between humility and the spreading of the ashes on Ash ...

Lent 2025 started on Wednesday, March 5 with Ash Wednesday.

Grace, an agnostic, attended the Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5, to practice Lent and visit church.

Reverend John-James Arcidiacono, center, fills the air with incense using a thurible during Ash Wednesday services with Deacons Robert Rinne, left, and Jim Heatwole, right, at the Cathedral ...

During the morning he participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration, receiving ashes and Holy Communion. He later set to work, which included a call to the Rev. Gabriel Romanelli, the Argentine ...

Christian and Catholic communities around the country, including here on the Central Coast are celebrating Ash Wednesday ... featuring worship, communion, and the distribution of ashes.

Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish priest in Gaza ...

During the morning, the pope participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration, receiving ashes and Holy Communion. ROME - Pope Francis' condition "remained stable" on Wednesday, "without any episodes ...