Ash Wednesday marks the start to Lent, when Catholics may be get ashes on their forehead and choose to give something up for ...

Most people know that some Christian churches put ashes on the forehead of those coming on Ash Wednesday. Why do we do this? The older formula for applying ashes was, “Remember that you are dust, ...

So this year, the married ministers provided stickers to each person, offering a no-contact experience, instead of the usual smudged ashes applied with a finger to the forehead. “We didn’t ...