Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Catholics also are expected to fast on Ash Wednesday. Fasting means consuming only one full meal a day; two smaller meals that don't together add up to a full meal also are allowed. Children and ...

There's some wiggle room with kids. Young children in the Catholic church are not obligated to fast or abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday. Still, we saw a variety of approaches from Reddit ...

Children and elderly people are usually exempt from fasting and giving up meat. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning ... Dwight Adams contributed to this story.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and older are expected to abstain from meat. The observance of Ash Wednesday dates to the 11th century ...