In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis sprinkles with ashes a Cardinal during the Ash Wednesday mass at the Santa Sabina Basilica 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/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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