Tag: Ash Wednesday

Myanmar airstrikes echoed into Thailand’s Mae Sot on Ash Wednesday, disrupting Lent and underscoring fragile border peace

Philippine Church launches Lenten campaign urging structural change, confronting normalized injustice beyond traditional charity, almsgiving

The bishop urged lawmakers to see public office as a “vocation” centered on service, sacrifice, and accountability rather than personal gain

Pax Christi leaders urge Christians and Muslims to turn shared fasting into action for peace and care for creation

As Lent begins, Pope Leo says that ashes remind us of “the weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war"

“May this Lent be a time of embracing wholeness, integrating mind, heart, and spirit, leading us into the fullness of God’s grace"

Bishop Ayuban urges Catholics to return, reconcile and fast with purpose as Lent begins in Cubao cathedral

“When the true intention behind doing good is to draw attention to oneself, it has nothing to do with God,” Cardinal David said

The day gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful in the shape of a cross

Ash Wednesday serves as a day of penitential prayer and fasting, with some opting to take a break from public activities