Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, April 20.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - On this Ash Wednesday, Catholics on the Central Coast went to church for the traditional services that includes ashes on their forehead. At the Old Mission in Santa Barbara, ...

PUEBLO — It's a time of preparations for Catholics around the world. It's Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of the season of Lent. For the next 40 days, many Catholics will spend time getting ready ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Archbishop Blase Cupich celebrated his first Ash Wednesday as the head of Chicago's Catholics at Saint Peter's Church on West Madison. Cupich held Mass at 7:30 a.m. at St. Peter's.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - It’s the time of year when many Christians are sacrificing something. It’s called Lent and it spans over the 40 days before Easter. For many, that sacrifice means ...

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.

Pope Francis' clinical condition remained stable with no new respiratory episodes, according to the Vatican. He used supplemental oxygen and non-invasive ventilation, while increasing his ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. Lent is the 40-day (excluding Sundays) season that precedes Easter. On Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent, most Catholics abstain from ...

I, an agnostic, attended the 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5. Why do it? Nobody asked me to go, and I went in without knowing anyone. I didn’t grow up ...

It was the usual Wednesday Weight Watchers Zoom meeting, except for one thing. The leader had shown up with a black ash cross imprinted on her forehead. “Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday.” I ...

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The vandalism occurred at Our Mother of Good Counsel church in the Los Feliz ...