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 ...

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

Families throughout Blawnox and nearby communities flocked to St. Edward Church to receive ashes on Ash. Pews were packed at ...

Other historians say around the the year 1000, a priest named Aelfric said members of the church should put ashes upon their ...

For many, Ash Wednesday is a time to reconnect with faith, and since 2020, churches across the nation—including in the ...

The Wapakoneta Ministerial Association has continued its decades-long tradition of holding Wednesday Lenten services for ...

With AD and Kyrie Irving out, the Dallas Mavericks face tough challenges in games, now viewed as underdogs. They're ...

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“I just live and breathe it,” says Janet Richardson, 75, from Ashbourne, who has been going to Royal Shrovetide since she was ...

A Laois-based priest has found a unique way of distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday. Fr Martin Delaney, Fr Sylvanus Attoh and ...

The Ambrosian carnival It is an event of a historical and religious nature that is celebrated every year and involves ...