With Mardi Gras out of the way, Catholics and some other Christian denominations have turned their attention toward the Lenten season, which leads straight into Easter. Ash Wednesday is the start of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 18 will mark the beginning of Lent, a time when Catholics fast, reflect, and focus on strengthening their relationship with ...

Feb. 18 will mark the beginning of Lent, a time when Catholics fast, reflect, and focus on strengthening their relationship with God. It’s also a time to reflect on one's humanity, sins, and mortality ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mass was full for Ash Wednesday at Saint Pius X in Mobile as Christians began the Lenten season with a day of reflection and faith. The observance is intended for fasting, prayer ...

Lenten hymns and songs may not be as well-known as Christmas classics (who doesn’t love “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”?) or even Easter songs (“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”), but the church’s ...

Photos curated by AP editors show Christians around the world marking Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, 40 days of prayer, fasting and reflection before Good Friday and Easter. Christians around ...

Seeing Ash Wednesday on the calendar used to bring up many feelings, but joy was not one of them. Perceiving Lent through a worldly lens, I approached it as a season of deprivation. It arrives at a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The day after Mardi Gras is Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of Lent. A time of fasting and giving, following the festivities associated with Fat Tuesday. WAFB spoke ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Christians observe Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection and the start of 40 days of the Lenten season leading up to Easter. Churches from different ...

On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, Southern California Catholics, and Christians of other denominations, will wait in line to get a smudge of ashes on their foreheads and be reminded that they are sinners, ...