Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine ...

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This past summer, we witnessed the Hutchinson City Council needlessly take charge with a new prayer policy to control invocations. Now the council is experiencing the unintended consequences of ...

Watching a groundhog emerge from a cozy burrow in early February feels quintessentially American, but the tradition of turning to animals to predict the spring comes from pre-Christian pagan ...

Here's what it means and why the day figures so prominently in the faith-based season: According to Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days, or 40 days excluding Sundays ...