Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads during the day.

Hundreds stopped to receive ashes during Bishop Cullinan’s six-hour mission — a sign that despite cultural shifts, the ...

Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ.

The ashes pressed onto people’s foreheads during mass symbolize “fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed by the mercy of God,” according to the Catholic News Agency. With the ...

Fueled by youth searching for meaning in an uncertain world, Catholic influencers on social media have also emerged as ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

The ashes pressed onto people’s foreheads during mass symbolize “fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed by the mercy of God,” according to the Catholic News Agency. With the ...

The ashes are gathered from burning the previous year's palm branches used during Palm Sunday, according to britannica.com. The modern-day Roman Catholic Church is credited for applying the ashes ...