Whether they show up religiously to a well-worn pew every Sunday or only turn up for the major holidays, many Catholics across Northwest Indiana will observe the first day of Lent on Ash Wednesday ...

Indoor mass will be allowed as of Feb. 15, and including on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, with social distancing, mask requirements and maximum capacities at each Catholic church.

BARCELONA: Two people died in Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters brought it under control, ...

Although Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic church, this service -- which initiates the liturgical season of Lent -- is well-attended, according to Monsignor R. Mark ...

Boat owners at Charlestown Marina say their vessels were damaged by ash fallout from Tuesday’s Battle of Bunker Hill fireworks.

A volcanic eruption in Indonesia sent an enormous ash cloud more than six miles into the sky, disrupting or canceling dozens ...

A number of flights to the Indonesian resort island of Bali were cancelled and operations at the airport in Maumere in East ...

Shiri Ayalon and her son Reuben Grote, who recently graduated from Sycamore High School, were stranded in Israel with their ...