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Ash Wednesday - Where do the ashes come from and what do they mean?

Feb 19, 2026

CATHOLICS across the world begin the 40 days of Lent with ministers marking their foreheads with ashes at Ash Wednesday liturgies every year - but...

Ask the Holy Spirit for help choosing a Lenten penance, Brisbane priest says at packed Ash Wednesday Mass

Feb 18, 2026

CROWDS at St Stephen's Cathedral today prove Ash Wednesday is still one of the most popular days in the Church calendar. Dominican Father David Willis...

Listen and respond to the word of God, Archbishop Mackinlay says in Lenten letter

Feb 18, 2026

BRISBANE Archbishop Shane Mackinlay says Lent is a time to turn to God and renew our relationships with those around us. Here's his Lent pastoral...

Holy See 'will not participate' in Trump's US-led Board of Peace, Cardinal Pietro Parolin says

Feb 18, 2026

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, announced on February 17 that the Holy See "will not participate in the Board of Peace," an initiative...

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