(KFSN) -- Local Catholic Churches are adjusting Ash Wednesday rituals due to the pandemic. It's traditionally the time of year when believers get a cross of ashes applied to their foreheads ...

In addition, Catholics over the age of 14 abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday. Those are ashes forming a cross on the person's forehead. According to the United States Conference of Catholic ...

During Ash Wednesday, some churches mark the foreheads of worshipers with ashes in the shape of a cross. The ashes, made from palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday service ...

If you notice people walking around with smudges on their forehead today, don’t be alarmed: It’s Ash ... during Wednesday Mass. The ashes are typically drawn in the shape of a cross on the ...

Ash Wednesday is usually a heavily attended service inside Louisville’s Catholic churches. Shadle said the service isn’t sacramental, meaning if you can’t make it this year, it’s okay. As for the lack ...

As such, instead of the customary ash cross traced on the forehead of the faithful, for Ash Wednesday 2021 ashes will be sprinkled on the head, which stems from the Biblical tradition of covering ...

In addition, Catholics over the age of 14 abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday. What does a cross on a forehead mean? Those are ashes forming a cross on the person's forehead. According to ...

Ash Wednesday, the holy day of prayer and fasting ... with smudges of ashes on their foreheads. Telford Bray, a resident priest in Cape Town, South Africa, told Newsweek: "Lent is a time for ...