A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night in Kaduna state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist ...

Christians from the Catholic faith in Tamale received ashes on Wednesday in the shape of a cross on their foreheads, signifying dust, grief, humility and repentance. This holy Mass service on Ash ...

The Lenten season that began on Wednesday, normally one of introspection and personal spiritual observances, has become a ...

Thousands of Northeast Wisconsinites headed to church for Ash Wednesday. St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church in Oshkosh held four masses on Wednesday. Deacon ...

Believers — including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians and Lutherans — put ashes on their foreheads as an outward symbol of their penitence. Members of Utah’s predominant religion, The Church ...

With a solemn mark of ashes on their foreheads, worshippers across Sonoma County gathered to observe Ash Wednesday, the start ...

Today on the Gonzaga University campus, the foreheads of students and others are adorned with gray crosses. The crosses are ...

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

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and self-discipline, with many choosing to give up something as a way to grow spiritually.

SHREVEPORT, La. - It was not the typical Ash Wednesday at Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Catholics were invited to come in ...

Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many ...

While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up special prayers for Pope Francis.