Pope Francis is awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

As Lent begins, many are using this time for prayer, fasting, and reflection, aiming to deepen their faith as they prepare for Easter.

Some churches on the Northshore are making it easier than ever to receive ashes without stepping inside of a church ...

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of Lent.

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent with a cross of burned palm upon the forehead, ...

Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this ...

Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the 40-day season of Lent in the church calendar and Connection Christian Church marked the ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

The Lenten season that began on Wednesday, normally one of introspection and personal spiritual observances, has become a ...