Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

T he leader of southeastern Michigan's Catholics stood in the aisle at a historic church in downtown Detroit on Wednesday ...

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...

March 4 meant an annual milestone for thousands of local residents, possibly including participation in an Ash Wednesday ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. This is the second year ...

Many Christians throughout the area observed Ash Wednesday, including those at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna.

Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans ...

As Catholics around the world celebrated the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, congregants in Nigeria took a moment to pray for ...

Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church ...

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of Lent.

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

Millions of Christians around the world are recognizing Ash Wednesday this week, marking the beginning of Lent.