For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from certain luxuries and foods. Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a ...

There's a day each year when you might see people walking around with black marks on their foreheads—it's known as Ash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a day each year when you might see people walking around with black marks on their foreheads—it's known as Ash Wednesday.