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Pope receives cross of ashes on forehead for Lent

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  Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday in Rome's Basilica de Santa Sabina. During the ceremony, Cardinal Jozef Tomko from Slovakia placed the ashes on his forehead.

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