Since the times of ancient Rome, some Christians have been wearing a smudge of ashes on their foreheads every year during the Day of Ashes, also known as Ash Wednesday. Churches around the world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday lands in mid-February this year, marking the start of the Lenten season, a 40-day period of reflection before Easter ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...