The Christian World Celebrates Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday 2012
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Faithful
Filipinos light candles after receiving the cross of ash on their foreheads in observance of Ash Wednesday at Baclaran church, near Manila, Philippines on Feb. 22, 2012.

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