Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day Christian season of prayer, fasting, and charity leading to Easter.

As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season.

This March 5, Christians around the world have begun Lent, a forty-day period of spiritual preparation leading up to Easter.

COMMENTARY: Lent is about deepening our knowledge and experience of the Suffering, Crucified and Resurrected God who loves us ...

To get the 40-day Lenten season started ... On Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, prelates mark worshippers’ foreheads with ashes, as a symbol of mortality and penitence.

Noticing people with smudges on their foreheads today? It is Ash Wednesday, kicking off the 40-day Lenten season of prayer, ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is marked by receiving ashes on the forehead as a symbol of repentance. For non-Christians and some types of Christians, the coming season can be confusing. What ...

Mardi Gras or 'Fat Tuesday' is here, while Ash Wednesday will kick off the start of Lent and 'fish' Fridays. Here are the ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is marked by receiving ashes on the forehead as a symbol of repentance. For non-Christians and some types of Christians, the coming season can be confusing.