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 ...

Christians around the world mark Ash Wednesday as the solemn beginning of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and reflection leading to Good Friday and Easter. The suspect told a witness that "he ...

For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from certain luxuries and foods. Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

TROY, N.Y. — Trojans at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Wednesday morning joined Christians around the world kicking off the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday. “Today we are invited with the whole ...

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 ...

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 ...