Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which is March 5 ... The modern-day Roman Catholic Church is credited for applying the ashes in the shape of a cross on the forehead. Is Ash Wednesday a ...
Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the ...
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Chicago Catholics, with many carrying an ashen cross across their ...
The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...