On this Ash Wednesday, Catholics around the world are ... That health battle is weighing especially heavy on a Denton County family whose son was blessed by the Pope at the Vatican as a baby.

“Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday.” I hadn’t forgotten. I had celebrated Mardi Gras the day before by reposting memes ...

On March 5, marking the beginning of Lent, an Ash Wednesday Mass was celebrated at the White House for the staff of the presidential residence. A new signal sent to Catholics by U.S. President Donald ...

The first cross we received was drawn on our heads at our baptism as we became members of the family of the Church, grafted into Christ’s Body and given the hope of glory. For a moment on Ash ...

Editor’s Note: The article first published in 2020 by The Conversation. For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a season of ...

For some, he said: “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." The ceremony on Ash Wednesday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church that starts the season of Lent for many Christians around ...

Texas on Ash Wednesday. Multiple parishioners attended the noon mass at the cathedral to receive the ashes, including Tyler resident Ellen Salas, 31, who came with her family. Although Salas did ...