SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – For the third year in a row, Holy Cross Church in Santa Barbara is taking Ash Wednesday to the streets by hosting a Ash Wednesday Drive-Thru. Rev. Egren Gomez calls it the a ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- A Utah teacher is apologizing after she didn't allow one of her students to wear a religious symbol at school. KSTU-TV reports, like millions of Catholics and Christians around ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah teacher on administrative leave apologized Monday for making 9-year-old Catholic student William McLeod wash off the Ash Wednesday cross from his forehead, saying it was a ...

You can mark the start of Lent in a single moment: ashes on the forehead, a short phrase, and a choice to slow down. Ash Wednesday begins a 40-day season of focused prayer, fasting, and reflection ...

The Catholic faithful in Manila marked Ash Wednesday with long lines stretching outside Baclaran Church as they waited to receive the traditional ash cross on their foreheads. The ashes, made from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catholics in the Philippines lined up outside a church in Manila on Wednesday to have their foreheads marked with ash in ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on the ...