But the rules for Ash Wednesday are unwavering for believers. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Bishop John Dolan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of ...

Ramadan and its official end falls close to another Abrahamic religion's end of season Lent, and with it Good Friday and ...

Archbishop Hebda said that the word for humility comes from the Latin word “humus,” for earth or ground. To him, there’s an immediate connection between humility and the spreading of the ashes on Ash ...

Students with Holy Trinity Catholic School and Pre-School also visited on Ash Wednesday to receive the rite. The season — observed by Roman Catholics, Lutherans and several other Christian ...

A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

Shameless plug, we’re here every week. We’d love to have you”  These words, issued by our very own Fr. Francis on this year’s Ash Wednesday 9pm mass, are ones I’m sure all of us who go to church have ...