Tag: Ash Wednesday

The Episcopal Commission on Liturgy of the bishops’ conference said priests are now allowed to put ashes on the foreheads of churchgoers

The pope’s comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would recognize the breakaway Ukrainian regions

The coronavirus pandemic has affected not only the lives of Filipinos but even their traditional religious practices

Communities of faith in the US have grown more creative to reach congregants hungry for spiritual and social connections

During Lent, which ends with Easter, Christians are called on to fast, practice more good deeds, give alms, among others

“It is not about what we give up. It is saying ‘thank you’ for everything that makes us holy," says Archbishop Socrates Villegas

“This is the fasting that I want: that you share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless...”

The season of Lent reminds us that there is A GREATER LIFE TO BE LIVED, a life made so precious by the victory on Calvary

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten Season, which is a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the Catholic Church

The dried leaves can be burned and the ashes used to mark the foreheads or to sprinkle on the head of the faithful