Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.

Catholics gathered to witness the body of ‘God’s influencer’ in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy ...

It’s Ash Wednesday, a day to mark the first day of Lent for many Christian groups including Catholics, Lutherans, and Anglicans. The holy day marks 40 days before Easter, a time of prayer and fasting.

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The pontiff, 88, continues papal duties despite ill health, approving long-term church reform from his hospital room.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is challenging a city mayor’s plan to erect statues of two Catholic ...

With nationalism ascendant and Catholics outnumbering Protestants, green was widely embraced, particularly since it had been ...

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images His health crisis has raised public speculation of him resigning as leader of the Catholic Church. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin has said this is unfounded.

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St. Peter Church in Danbury celebrated multiple Masses on Ash Wednesday to distribute ashes to mark the start of Lent. Students from St. Peter School on the opposite of Main Street from the church ...

St Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color ...