CHICAGO (WLS) -- Ash Wednesday will look and feel a bit different this year, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Archdiocese of Chicago released a video showing two approved methods of applying ashes ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday fall on the same day this year. Yes, it's Valentine's Day, the fixed annual celebration of love and friendship, marked by cute couples, eager ...

As soon as you see people of all ages with what appears to be smudged print on their foreheads, you know what day it is: Ash Wednesday. The markings on people's foreheads are created by a member of ...

Orange residents Sergio Fraga-Zacarias and Judit Ramirez, both 24, are looking forward to spending Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday — both of which fall on Wednesday, Feb. 14 this year — in prayer ...

It's time for the faithful to receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads and begin a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. This year, Ash Wednesday lands on Wednesday, March ...

Lent is the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Christians use the time for preparation and atonement before celebrating Easter. Christians will pray more, deny themselves of luxuries or ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Church pews at Christian churches throughout Western New York might be filled on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is one of the busiest days of the year for the Buffalo Diocese. “If ...

This Ash Wednesday many Christians will arrive at work with a black cross smudged on their foreheads; countless more will ...

If you see people with dark smudges on their foreheads Wednesday, don't think it's by mistake. Millions of Christians — mainly Catholics — will wear ashes on their foreheads after attending mass to ...