Easter is fast approaching, and the season begins with Ash Wednesday and Lent for Christians. Here's when.

Mardi Gras is primarily celebrated in countries with large Roman Catholic communities who celebrate Ash Wednesday and the 40 days of Lent before Easter Sunday. Among the most well known Mardi Gras ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for those of the Catholic faith. This year's Ash Wednesday is on Feb. 18.

Parishes across Chicagoland will host Ash Wednesday services on Feb. 18. Commuters can also get ashes at O'Hare, Midway and ...

For those who are working or otherwise unable to receive ashes at Mass on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, Fr. Egren Gomez, pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church, ...

Do dietary restrictions start on Ash Wednesday? And why did the church ban meat during lent. Here's what to know ...

Ash Wednesday arrives with questions for Christian critics and supporters as Trump administration’s mass immigration ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

One of the kids asked, ‘where do the ashes come from?’” Unsatisfied with giving the boy the quickest answer — that the ashes came from a local religious-goods store — Father Weir decided to dig into ...

Ash Wednesday confronts the Church with an unambiguous anthropological truth: "You are dust, and to dust you shall return." The ...