Spending my elementary years in classes taught by religious sisters made Ash Wednesday a pretty solemn commemoration, what ...

Today is Ash Wednesday. For Christians, it's the first day of Lent, a time for penance and self-denial in the days leading up to Easter. Traci Hubbard of the Wild Rose United Church explained the ...

Across the world Wednesday, you may find people with ash marks on their foreheads and talking about what they will be giving up for the next 46 days. It may appear odd, but it is a mark people that ...