OR BY CAR. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE PARTICIPATING IN ASH WEDNESDAY, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. IT KIND OF MIGHT HAVE ITS ROOTS IN CATHOLICISM, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT UNIQUE TO CATHOLICISM.

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service; then ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Chicago Catholics, with many carrying an ashen cross across their foreheads. It is a tradition that goes back centuries, but at St. Pius V Church ...

Fueled by youth searching for meaning in an uncertain world, Catholic influencers on social media have also emerged as significant factors driving this renewed interest. A young woman receives ashes ...

Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent. See photos below. The Rev. John A. Krivak, pastor at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman ...

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent could ...

New Yorker's and visiting christians showed up to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and other neighboring churches to have ash smudged on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday a solemn day of fasting and ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – In South Florida, Catholics attended mass at churches in greater numbers to commemorate Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer and fasting before ...