Ash Wednesday

This Ash Wednesday, the church doors are open and masks are no longer required.

About 25% of Americans observe Lent, an annual period of prayer and fasting during the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday. Here’s what you should know.

Ash Wednesday is an important day in Christianity.

Pope Francis led the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into the penitential season of lent on Ash Wednesday.

This will be the second Ash Wednesday during which the coronavirus is present in Massachusetts and churches are making some changes.

Churches have learned to adapt during the coronavirus pandemic, and Ash Wednesday will be no exception. At Grace Episcopal in Norwood, Massachusetts, drive-thru has been the go-to. Fr. John Brockmann said they’ve done it a lot. “We did Easter. Good Friday. Palm Sunday. And we’re probably going to do those again,” he said. For Ash Wednesday, they church has...

Churches have learned to adapt during the coronavirus pandemic. And Ash Wednesday will be no exception.