The actor was unsuccessful in observing Ash Wednesday a day after his chaotic arrest and release from jail in New Orleans.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a 40-day penitential period that includes prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter.

As Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent for many Christians worldwide, faith communities in Acadiana are blending tradition and new approaches in their observances.

At Old South Church in Copley Square, business people and students paused to have black ashes in the shape of a cross applied to their foreheads.

The Bard Graduate Center devotes an exhibition to the dazzling drawings of the man responsible for Notre-Dame’s 19th-century restoration.

MINEOLA, NY — Nassau County police have arrested an undomiciled man in connection with a series of donation box thefts and ...

As the Lenten season approached, faith communities across the region, not just Catholics, have straddled their faith, advocacy and the politics of a nation in the midst of the Trump ...

Christians observed Ash Wednesday Wednesday, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seeking spiritual renewal through prayer, ...

A New Jersey Catholic diocese outside Philadelphia has agreed to pay $180 million in a clergy sexual abuse settlement, the ...

The officiant typically says, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," a stark reminder that death is part ...