Tamale, March 06, GNA – Christians from the Catholic faith in Tamale received ashes on Wednesday in the shape of a cross on their foreheads, signifying dust, grief, humility and repentance. This holy ...

Maria Johns receives ashes from the Rev. Mike Chenier during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis was resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

Diocese of Tyler Bishop Gregory Kelly led his first mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in downtown Tyler on Ash ...

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

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

The idea is that in our baptism we receive the life of Christ, and became a new creation in, but we don’t always live up to that, ” says Bishop Greg Kelly. “We can kind of drift along into bad habits ...

Press Rev. Rick L. Courier imposes ashes on a parishioner during Ash Wednesday service at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic ...

T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA Eucharistic Minister Paula Pollock marks the foreheads of Ana Vazquez and J.P. Paredes with ashes on Ash ...

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

Some churches on the Northshore are making it easier than ever to receive ashes without stepping inside of a church ...