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.

• Holy Name Catholic Church in Cedar Lake will offer drive-thru ashes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Ash Wednesday, as well as with Mass at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.

According to Catholic tradition, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and prayer. Catholics also take the time to receive ash on their foreheads, a sign of repentance, according to Dynamic Catholic.

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Here's what to know about Easter 2025, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and when lent starts this year.

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 ...

A nearly 200-year-old abortion ban has been overturned in Wisconsin, just months after the state elected a liberal justice to ...

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali ...

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

A European heat wave helped fuel a virulent wildfire in Spain that killed two farmers before hundreds of firefighters brought ...

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

In response to CNN’s report about ICEBlock, an app that allows users to anonymously log sightings of ICE agents in their ...