Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving that Catholics and some other Christian denominations observe as a time of repentance and closeness to God in preparation for the day of Christ's ...

Lent begins this week with the observation of Ash Wednesday, one of the most important religious observations each year for Roman Catholics and other Christian groups. The day also starts a religious ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on ...

While Pope Francis remained in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass in his place in a poignant ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on ...

If you see people with dark smudges on their foreheads Wednesday, don't think it's by mistake. Millions of Christians — mainly Catholics — will wear ashes on their foreheads after attending mass to ...