Pope Francis thanked his supporters for their prayers on Thursday in a breathless audio message that nonetheless lifted ...

Pope Francis is awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double ...

The Lenten ritual is six weeks of abstinence and fasting that emerged out of pagan practices. The word itself derived from ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

Utah on Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices.

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 ...

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...

Still reeling from the unsolved theft of the cherished crown, St. John the Evangelist Church struggles to raise funds to ...

Christian faithful perform Ash Wednesday service in Rome without Pope Francis. Roman cardinals and clergyman performed the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical activity Wednesday, called the Catholic parish priest in Gaza and celebrated the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead, the Vatican ...

Congressional address . President Donald Trump delivered a combative, campaign-style address before Congress and the American public on Tuesday. In the nearly 100-minute speech ...