What's that on your forehead? It's Ash Wednesday

SCRANTON — Christians around the globe mark Ash Wednesday. Parishioners at Saint Peter's Cathedral in Scranton received ashes on their foreheads Wednesday morning. The Lenten tradition is a sign of the person's 

Sidney Kilgore prays after getting his forehead marked with ashes during Ash Wednesday midday services at the Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in downtown Raleigh on Feb. 18, 2015. They had three services planned for the day; the early 

This afternoon –Ash Wednesday, day of the beginning of Lent – an assembly of prayer took place in the form of the Roman “Stations,” presided over by Pope

This afternoon –Ash Wednesday, day of the beginning of Lent – an assembly of prayer took place in the form of the Roman “Stations,” presided over by Pope

Ash Wednesday 2015. Gregory DiPippo. Let us amend for the better the sins we have committed in ignorance; lest suddenly seized by the day of death, we seek time for penance and be not able to find it. * Harken, o Lord, and