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 ...

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites…. anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden.” Find today’s readings here ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they ...

The 12-time All-Star steps away from the game ranked No. 2 all-time in assists and steals. From NBA.com News Services Veteran point guard Chris Paul ranks No. 2 all-time in assists and steals. Chris ...

For many Christians, important religious holidays are right around the corner. Lent will soon start with Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide ...

Like most Americans, I’ve grown a little relaxed about church attendance. Some Sundays I get up and go to Mass. Other Sundays I sit around reading the papers or head out to the ski slopes. And I don’t ...

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 ...

Logan Paul praised Super Bowl halftime performers and took his boxing brother, Jake Paul, to task late Sunday after the latter called six-time Grammy winner Bad Bunny a "fake American." Logan Paul, 30 ...

Logan Paul blasted his brother Jake Paul’s criticism of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show. The public beef began when Jake declared via X that he wouldn’t be watching the Puerto Rican rapper’s ...

The Easter season is fast approaching, and for Christians, it begins with a focus on repentance and self-denial leading up to the holiday the faithful believe celebrates the resurrection of Jesus ...