BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Ash Wednesday is on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The day signals the beginning of Lent, a period Roman Catholics participate in to prepare for Easter by going ...

This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March, almost a full month later. Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, is not a holy day of obligation, yet it’s still one of the most-attended Masses of the year, Hazen said. “It’s a time of returning to the ...

many Catholics across Northwest Indiana will observe the first day of Lent on Ash Wednesday by getting repentance ashes smudged in a cross on their foreheads. Here's where to go to get marked ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Pope Francis is stable after suffering from two respiratory episodes this week. The 88-year-old Pope has chronic lung disease. This Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholics are ...

Weisenburger of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is reminding parishioners that “Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation.” But he recognized its an important beginning to Lent.

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the season of Lent in the church. Join us for a penitential service, where we receive a mark of ashes as a reminder that we are created from dust, and to dust we will ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten ... Instead, drivers left with a blessing and ashes to mark the beginning of Lent, a period in the Christian calendar that focuses on repentance ...

The Target boycott is working — and now Black America must hold Dollar General accountable for failing to invest in the community. by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware On the grounds of local Target stores ...

Spring fever is a condition in which people feel unwell early in spring. Symptoms include mood swings, restlessness or low ...