How rare it is to find adults who repent — individuals, businesses and institutions that admit they have done wrong,” Pope Leo said in his homily in the Basilica of Santa Sabina.

On a rainy Ash Wednesday, Christian and Jewish clergy gathered to pray and call on ICE agents to end violent tactics, follow their conscience ...

"How rare it is to find adults who repent -- individuals, businesses and institutions that admit they have done wrong," Pope Leo said.

During Ash Wednesday, many attended services across Sioux Falls, including one at the St. Joseph Cathedral.

The Catholic peace movement Pax Christi has marked Ash Wednesday with a “liturgy of remembrance, repentance and peace” outside the Ministry of Defence in ...

A lot of people are celebrating Mardi Gras right now with parades, festivals, parties and beads, but where exactly did this tradition come from? There is actually a purpose and meaning behind the ...

During his first Ash Wednesday as pope, Leo framed Lent as a communal reckoning with personal and structural sin.

Ash Wednesday marks a quiet turning point in the Christian calendar—a day set aside for prayer, reflection and fasting across ...

Christians and Muslims across Philadelphia marked the start of two significant religious observances Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in Western Christianity. Here's what ash means on Ash Wednesday as well as the history of how this tradition came to be.

As Christians all over the world marked Ash Wednesday, local church leaders and their congregations were eager to recognize the start of the Lenten season. At Divine Grace Parish’s St. Ferdinand ...

Worshippers gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland to celebrate Ash Wednesday mass and to ...