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Catholics in the Philippines have their foreheads marked with ash during Ash Wednesday | AP News

Catholics in the Philippines have their foreheads marked with ash during Ash Wednesday | AP News

Catholics in the Philippines mark Ash Wednesday by going to church and have a priest or minister draw a cross of ashes on their forehead. Ash Wednesday is a solemn day of fasting that signals the start of the Lenten Season. (AP Video: Joeal Calupitan)

Catholics in the Philippines mark Ash Wednesday by going to church and have a priest or minister draw a cross of ashes on their forehead. Ash Wednesday is a solemn day of fasting that signals the start of the Lenten Season. (AP Video: Joeal Calupitan)