Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of penance.
New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ...
Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.
This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March, almost a full month later. Here’s when Ash Wednesday, ...
Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day marking the start of Lent, falls on March 5, 2025. Lent will extend for 46 days, concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025. While considered the ...
Ash Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of Lent, but what's this Catholic tradition all about and is it still observed in ...
A cluster of new and forthcoming titles, including devotionals and other works by popular Christian pastors, theologians, and ...