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 ...

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

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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, ...

Each Lent, I reflect on the apparent contradiction the day seems to hold.

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

I try, on the next day and the next, to imagine I still have ashes on me, that I am constantly being called to live up to the beliefs I claim to hold.

Learn what Ash Wednesday means, why people get ashes on their foreheads, and how the tradition marks the start of Lent.

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

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.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Feb. 12 that allows Catholics to enter an ICE facility on Ash Wednesday to ...