TROY, N.Y. — Trojans at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Wednesday morning joined Christians around the world kicking off the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday. “Today we are invited with the whole ...

While Pope Francis remained in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass in his place in a poignant ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - People of Catholic faith observed Ash Wednesday around the world, and South Florida was no exception. Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski led a holy Mass at St. Anthony ...

Antonia E. Noonan prays during Ash Wednesday at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale. Jose Iglesias [email protected] Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop ...

Over a billion Catholics worldwide and a million in the Archdiocese of Atlanta ushered in the beginning of Lent — the most important part of the year for the Catholic Church — while its leader ...

The Pope is continuing his medical treatment at Gemelli Hospital and was unable to attend the Mass held inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina located on Rome’s Aventine Hill. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — In South Florida, Catholics attended mass at churches in greater numbers to commemorate Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer and fasting before ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish priest in ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish priest in ...

March 5 (UPI) --The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter. Ashes "revive in us the memory of what we are," but also "the ...

Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday. ROME — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his ...