The term "Maundy" is derived from the Latin ... Ash Wednesday starts Lent by focusing the Christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. This happens ...

It may appear odd, but it is a mark people that practice Christianity receive at Mass on Ash Wednesday, one of the "most popular and important holy days" in the religion. It also marks the ...

As spring moves into sight, the Christian Easter season is getting closer, and that starts with Ash Wednesday. However, this year's Easter season starts much later than usual. While Ash Wednesday ...

Prior to Easter, many Christians and Catholics will observe Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends the day before Good Friday. Here's what to know about ...

In 2024, Lent and Easter came early. The start of the 2024 Lenten season, Ash Wednesday, actually fell on Valentine's Day Feb. 14, which is considerably early for the Christian religious holy day.

Cold conditions and low temperatures should leave Wednesday feeling rather cold ahead of the snow that’s expected to douse the state for all of Thursday. Sunny skies should be prominent on ...

The artist whose 2019 painting of a nude Emiliano Zapata in heels made waves in Mexico is back with a new exhibit of erotic Catholic imagery.

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...