Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season are a time of repentance and reflection


By the WTMJ News Team MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee's Archbishop said Ash Wednesday Mass at a local Catholic high school, all amidst a combination of difficulty and celebration for the Archdiocese. Archbishop Jerome Listecki celebrated Mass at Pius XI High

An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church in suburban

By EJ Dionne It's utterly appropriate in a campaign that of late has been saturated with religion that tonight's potentially decisive debate is being held on Ash Wednesday. And the Ash Wednesday debate is absolutely critical to Rick Santorum.

In China, Protestant Christian worship is post-denominational, meaning no one form of Protestant expression exists; Ash Wednesday is not celebrated as it is in the West. Following the devotion marking the beginning of Lent,

Newt Gingrich will not attend Ash Wednesday Mass because of campaign obligations, the former House Speaker told CNN and NBC News Wednesday . Its not a Holy Day of Obligation, Gingrich said.