A young woman receives ashes during Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2024. (OSV News ...

With Lent quickly approaching, it’s time to consider what we will do with the season of grace that God is giving to us. In ...

York Minster has today announced its programme of services, events and activities to mark Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2025.

I notice that the Feast of “the Chair of St. Peter” is coming up. What is that all about? A: Yes, each year the Church ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small groups that gather in the home weekly to ...

Rome — The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis had spent a peaceful night in a Rome hospital — his fifth after being ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), ...

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

Ashes will be distributed during all services that will be held at various times on Ash Wednesday, March 5, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville, to mark the ...