The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent. See photos below. The Rev. John A. Krivak, pastor at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ...

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

New York's Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity's 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ahead of ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...

The Very Rev. John S. Evans, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City vicar general and moderator of the curia, presided over Ash Wednesday mass for students and faculty from St. John the Baptist ...

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent ... Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans participating in the meaningful ...

With a solemn mark of ashes on their foreheads, worshippers across Sonoma County gathered to observe Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season. With a solemn mark of ashes on their foreheads ...

GREENWICH — Christ Church Greenwich had multiple ways for people to get their ashes on Ash Wednesday. The church hosted three Eucharist services with ashes and provided "Ashes to Go" in its ...

Multiple pews and pillars were burned and stained glass windows shattered by an alleged vandal on Ash Wednesday.