Ashes in the form of a cross could be seen across the foreheads of many Catholics and Christians on March 5, marking the ...

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, ...

The decadence of Mardi Gras is behind us and many Christians will approach the season of Lent with a contrite heart and ...

Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many ...

The Rev. Willie Moultry of Brundidge had it in his heart to find a way to take Jesus outside the church into the streets. It ...

Between 550 and 575 students came together at Powers Catholic High School in Flint this week for the school’s Ash Wednesday service.

Origen says that Christ “did not perform the sign the devil sought, because he worked his signs to help those who saw them.” ...

The Polish prelate, who heads the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is the pope's point man for distributing ...

At the Little Sisters of the Poor’s home for the elderly in Washington, D.C., Christy Lugo has the opportunity to attend ...

Who are you? Not your name. Not your job. Not your role in the family. But who are you at your core? How you answer that question shapes everything — how you live, how you love, and how you see ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the ...

The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter in ...