Ash Wednesday 2025: List of Foods Safe for Catholics To Eat During Lent
Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.
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At Ash Wednesday Mass, Cardinal McElroy urges faithful to ‘give whole hearts to God’ during Lent
Cardinal Wilton Gregory (at right), the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert McElroy, the ...
Harrison Catholic church observes Ash Wednesday with the help of high school students
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Catholic schoolchildren attend Ash Wednesday services, some for first time, in Chicago's Pilsen community
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