Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this ...

Show Caption1 of 11 Visitors look at the paintings of the Stations of the Cross after receiving ashes during Ash Wednesday in the chapel at Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre on Wednesday ...

This period begins Christianity’s holiest season and starts the countdown toward its holiest day: Easter. Many Utahns — like these at the majestic Catholic Cathedral of the Madeleine in downtown Salt ...