In 2024, Ash Wednesday arrived early in the season, falling on Feb. 14, which is also Valentine's Day. This year, in 2025, ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Observing Lent involves various spiritual practices ...

Trisna Tan prayed along with hundreds who attended a 2019 Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas. Update: 5:03 p.m. March 4, 2025: This story was updated ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...