A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

Gwen Stefani drew criticism from some of her fans when she spoke out about her Catholic faith and her partnership with the ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

Grace, an agnostic, attended the Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5, to practice Lent and visit church.

Video allegedly taken at a Switzerland protest against U.S. President Donald Trump circulated online in March 2025, with ...

More than 100 early risers began their day on Wednesday with a 6:30 a.m. service at the Santa Monica church that has long hosted members from nearby Pacific Palisades. “It’s Ash Wednesday ...

Traditions including Lindborg's Messiah Festival, egg hunts and visits from the Easter Bunny are just some of the happenings in north-central Kansas.

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The vandalism occurred at Our Mother of Good Counsel church in the Los Feliz ...

Each year, in many Christian denominations, Ash Wednesday ... Church. “The early Christians observed with great devotion…that before the Easter celebration there should be a 40-day season of spiritual ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin offered Christians a unique way to start the Lenten season by dispensing ashes via a drive-thru lane rather ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...