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Ashes received from a priest mark the forehead of a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday Mass in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( Ash Wednesday Maryland )

Roman Catholic devotee light candles at a church as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 5, 2014. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings, of bodies disintegrating to ash after one dies. The Philippines is Asia's bastion of Catholicism, with over 80 percent of the about 100 million population belonging to the faith. (JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527770680 )

Altar boys and an altar girl wait for the start of an Ash Wednesday Mass at Santa Margarita Catholic High School on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Ash Wednesday California )

Rev. Mark Stanley holds a bowl of ashes outside Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, while he waits to offer them to passers-by as part of an "Ashes To Go" program. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( Ash Wednesday Maryland )

The Rev. Gordon Reid with Saint Clement's Episcopal Church, accompanied by Daniel Craig, places ash on a worshiper's forehead on Ash Wednesday at the corner of Chestnut and 19th Streets in Philadelphia Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians prepare for Easter through acts of penitence and prayer. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( APTOPIX Ash Wednesday Pennsylvania )

Monsignor Arthur Rodgers places ash on a worshiper's forehead during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians prepare for Easter through acts of penitence and prayer. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Ash Wednesday )

An Indonesian Catholic woman prays during the Ash Wednesday ceremony at Roh Kudus Church on March 5, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of pray and fasting before Easter. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images) ( 476764707 )

Cardinal Jozef Tomko, president of the Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, left, and Cardinal Francia Arinze arrive at the Santa Sabina Basilica for an Ash Wednesday prayer service celebrated by Pope Francis, in Rome, Wednesday March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( Italy Pope Ash Wednesday )

A churchgoer, who received ashes on his forehead, stands near a painting depicting Jesus Christ inside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary during an Ash Wednesday Mass in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( APTOPIX Ash Wednesday Maryland )

Pope Francis (C) walks during the procession to Santa Sabina church in Rome on March 5, 2014, prior to lead the mass for Ash Wednesday, opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for the Christians, before the Holy Week and Easter. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527787875 )

Rev. Joseph Manapuram prepares for an Ash Wednesday service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, Texas, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman) ( Ash Wednesday Texas )

John McCann, a layman at Trinity Church, draws a cross using ash on a woman's forehead to symbolize Ash Wednesday, on March 5, 2014 in New York City. Catholics and Christians mark the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday; Lent culminates with the celebration of Easter. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 476764417 )

A Christian devotee receives the mark of a cross with ash on her forehead by Indian Archbishop of Hyderabad Thumma Bala during an Ash Wednesday service at Saint Mary's Basilica in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on March 5, 2014. Catholic Christians are observing Ash Wednesday which marks the official beginning of the 40-day period of Lenten season which culminates in Holy Week. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527773420 )

Del. Peter Farrell, R-Henrico, with Ash Wednesday ashes on his forehead, listens to debate on the floor of the House of Delegates along with Del. Mark Berg, R-Fredrick, center, during the House session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ( Medicaid Expansion )

A man looks skyward as he participates in an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians prepare for Easter through acts of penitence and prayer. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Ash Wednesday )

A roman Catholic devotee lights candles at a church as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 5, 2014. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings, of bodies disintegrating to ash after one dies. The Philippines is Asia's bastion of Catholicism, with over 80 percent of the about 100 million population belonging to the faith. (JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527770669 )

Rev. Tom Rafferty leads communion during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in The Woodlands, Texas, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman) ( Ash Wednesday Texas )

Horst Seehofer, State Premier of Bavaria and leader of the Christian Social Union drinks beer during the CSU Ash Wednesday event in Passau, southern Germany, on March 5, 2014. Party sympathizer of the Bavarian Christian Social Union party (CSU) took part at the traditional political event. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527781059 )

Participants applaud as they follow a speech during the CSU Ash Wednesday event of German Christian Social Union (CDU) party in Passau, southern Germany, on March 5, 2014. Party sympathizer of the Bavarian Christian Social Union took part at the traditional political event. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527783127 )

Students hold up paper crosses during an Ash Wednesday Mass at Santa Margarita Catholic High School on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ( Ash Wednesday California )

The Rev. Matthew Moretz applies ashes to hotel chef Jose Davila during an Ash Wednesday observance at St. Bartholomews Episcopal Church, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in New York. Some Protestant, and all Catholic churches, distribute ashes on the forehead as a sign of repentance and renewal on Ash Wednesday as the 40-day season leading to Easter begins. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( Ash Wednesday )

A woman leaves an Ash Wednesday service at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in New York. Some Protestant, and all Catholic churches, distribute ashes on the forehead as a sign of repentance and renewal on Ash Wednesday as the 40-day season leading to Easter begins. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( Ash Wednesday )

A man genuflects at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in New York. Some Protestant, and all Catholic churches, distribute ashes on the forehead as a sign of repentance and renewal on Ash Wednesday as the 40-day season leading to Easter begins. The cathedral is filled with scaffolding as it is undergoing renovations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( Ash Wednesday )

Baltimore Archbishop William Lori proceeds into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for an Ash Wednesday Mass in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( Ash Wednesday Maryland )

Rev. Chris Dreisbach holds a bowl of ashes outside Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, while he waits to offer them to passers-by as part of an "Ashes To Go" program. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( Ash Wednesday Maryland )

Associate Pastor Leslie Welton, left, and Pastor Frank Espegren wait outside St. John's Lutheran Church, in Sacramento, Calif., to provide Ashes To Go for those who want to participate in the start of the Christian observance of Lent but are unable to attend a full church service Wednesday March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time when Christians commit to acts of penitence and prayer in preparation for Easter Sunday.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ( Ash Wednesday )

Catholic priest Jesus Cardona places ashes in the shape of a cross on the forehead of a woman traveling by bus in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Cardona, 39, walked through the neighborhood of his church the morning of Ash Wednesday to offer blessings to commuters on the start of the Lent, a season of prayer and fasting before Easter. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) ( Colombia Ash Wednesday )

Indian Catholic devotees offer prayers during an Ash Wednesday service at Saint Mary's Basilica in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on March 5, 2014. Catholic Christians are observing Ash Wednesday which marks the official beginning of the 40-day period of Lenten season which culminates in Holy Week. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images) ( 527773426 )

A Roman Catholic nun makes a sign of the cross on the forehead of a child, using ashes from burnt palms from last year, in observance of Ash Wednesday to usher the 40-day Season of Lent Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the Redemptorist Church at Baclaran, Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines. The Ash Wednesday is observed among Catholics worldwide to urge people to repent and to remind mankind that they are mortals. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ( Philippines Ash Wednesday )