Ash Wednesday is also a day of obligatory fasting for the Catholic faithful. For members of the Roman Catholic Church, fasting is obligatory from age 18 until age 59, according to the USCCB.

Ash Wednesday will be observed Feb. 14. ... The original Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman martyr, was honored in the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar until 1969, ...

Ash Wednesday is also a day of obligatory fasting for the Catholic faithful. For members of the Roman Catholic Church, fasting is obligatory from age 18-59, according to the USCCB.

The beginning of March launches the first of several holidays and traditions with Roman Catholic roots: Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Lent and St. Patrick’s Day. While they date back centuries ...

Ash Wednesday comes from Roman times and is believed to have been celebrated as early as the 5th century. ... Presbyterians, who historically moved away from the Roman Catholic Church, ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, just so happens to fall on the day of love.While Catholic leaders say they won't give out exemptions, a representative from the United States Conference of ...

Is Ash Wednesday a Roman Catholic observance? Catholics are not the only group observing Ash Wednesday. Anglicans/Episcopalians, Lutherans, United Methodists and other liturgical Protestants ...

The modern-day Roman Catholic Church is credited for applying the ashes in the shape of a cross on the forehead. Is Ash Wednesday a holy day of obligation? Not according to britannica.com .

Deacon Dave Rohner does the Ash Wednesday reading at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church in Hellertown. Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services Wednesday, March 5 ...

Fr. Kevin Nolan blesses students from Holy Trinity Catholic School and Pre-School with a mark of the cross during Ash Wednesday Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday ...

What's old is new again because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most Christians marking Ash Wednesday this week won't get the familiar cross of ashes traced on their foreheads. Rather, local Roman ...