Lent is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and reflection observed by many Christians - but many people are just learning a ...

T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA Eucharistic Minister Paula Pollock marks the foreheads of Ana Vazquez and J.P. Paredes with ashes on Ash ...

Some churches on the Northshore are making it easier than ever to receive ashes without stepping inside of a church ...

Many in Orange County’s faithful community marked the start of the solemn season of Lent with Ash Wednesday services.

Beloved, in our Christian faith communities, we are in the season of Lent, a time of reflection and connecting to God.

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

Many Christians throughout the area observed Ash Wednesday, including those at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna.

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent with a cross of burned palm upon the forehead, ...

A business tycoon and Southwest chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi, has called on Christians to use the occasion of the Lent to pray for political leaders. He said they ...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, yesterday urged Nigerians to use the Lenten season as a time for reflection, sacrifice, and national healing. In a ...

Lent has begun for many in typical ways, with fish fries as well as Ash Wednesday worship services or occasions where one ...

Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans ...