Everywhere we go, my children and I, strangers speak to us about death. The grandparent in the frozen aisle, the couple at the diner, the dogwalker we shimmy past on the sidewalk with the double ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Chicago Catholics, with many carrying an ashen cross across their foreheads. It is a tradition that goes back centuries, but at St. Pius V Church ...

Ash Wednesday marks start of the Lenten season for … News / Mar 5, 2025 / 11:09 PM EST Ashes in the form of a cross could be seen across the foreheads of many Catholics and Christians on March 5, ...

Christians around the world, including Catholics in Los Angeles, observed Ash Wednesday, ushering in the start of the Lent, six weeks of penitence before Easter. This Ash Wednesday comes as Pope ...

For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from certain luxuries and foods. Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a ...