Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

During Mass on Ash Wednesday, Catholic priests draw crosses of ashes on parishioners' foreheads. Other Christian denominations and even those disconnected from traditions of faith, sometimes ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent ... Some Christians also take on a Lenten observance, like reading the Bible and spending more time in prayer to draw nearer to God. Strict ...

On Wednesday morning, Smith Leithart and his family were among the evacuees. He watched from his Castaic balcony, as smoke from the Hughes Fire made its way towards his home. Leithart noted ash ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday ... but these acts are done to draw the faithful closer to Christ. For example, a person may give up his ...

At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say. The incident took place early on Wednesday ...

But heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring the threat of new troubles like toxic ash runoff ... of thousands of people when it erupted Wednesday in mountains near the Lake Castaic ...

The Bridge Presbyterian Church announced it will host the fifth annual Drive Through Imposition of Ashes for Ash Wednesday.

Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong celebration that includes Mardi Gras actually leads up to Ash Wednesday. It's often seen as the final burst of ...