A U.S. Navy officer receives ashes during an Ash Wednesday celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in 2008. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons) Marking the beginning of Lent ...

A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

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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 ...

For some, he said: “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." The ceremony on Ash Wednesday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church that starts the season of Lent for many Christians around ...

During the morning he participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration, receiving ashes and Holy Communion. He later set to work, which included a call to the Rev. Gabriel Romanelli, the Argentine ...

Many Christians mark the beginning of Lent by marking their foreheads with the sign of a cross in ash. For those whose homes and churches burned in the Los Angeles area fires in January ...

Ash Wednesday begins the holy season of Lent, which is structured to spiritually prepare to walk with the Lord through his passion and celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Below are 10 ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer observed by Christians. The 40 days of Lent represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. This year, Ash ...

(RNS) — For many Christians, the ashes dispensed on Ash Wednesday are a tactile reminder of their humanity. And in the wake of the Trump administration’s slew of targeted executive actions ...

The fires released a cloud of toxic ash that settled over the ocean for about 100 miles. Crew members put on masks to protect against the smoke as black ash settled on the ship, while the plankton ...

On this Ash Wednesday, Catholics around the world are thinking of Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than two weeks with a severe lung infection. That health battle is weighing ...