Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day, is this week. It is the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Here’s what ...

Holy Wednesday Holy Wednesday draws attention to ... that Peter will deny knowing him three times before the next morning. According to Trinity College, Maundy Thursday reminds Christians to ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday ... indicates that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and is grieving and morning for their sins. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held 40 days ...

By Tuesday morning, he was stable enough to switch to high-flow supplemental oxygen through a nasal tube. On Tuesday evening, the Holy See said ... beginning with Ash Wednesday and leading up ...

The pope rested peacefully overnight as he began his 27th consecutive day in the hospital Wednesday morning, the Vatican said ...

parish priest of the Holy Family in Gaza. In the afternoon he alternated rest with work," the Vatican said. The pope "rested well during the night" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning ...

Lent, a period of fasting and reflection, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday or Maundy Thursday, depending on the denomination. The Easter Bunny will be making a late appearance ...

ROME (AP) — Parishoners gathered inside St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to mark the start of Lent by receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday. Deacon Chris ...

Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets ... held a bilingual Mass in the morning. Gomez said he is unaware of another church offering a drive-thru Ash ...