T he leader of southeastern Michigan's Catholics stood in the aisle at a historic church in downtown Detroit on Wednesday ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten Season in Catholicism, one of the most religious seasons in the Catholic ...

Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit ...

Francis remained in stable condition, with a guarded prognosis, meaning he was not out of danger, the Vatican said.

One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. This is the second year ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

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