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Santorum’s Ash Wednesday test – Washington Post (blog)


Slate Magazine

Santorum's Ash Wednesday test
Washington Post (blog)
By EJ Dionne It's utterly appropriate in a campaign that of late has been saturated with religion that tonight's potentially decisive debate is being held on Ash Wednesday. And the Ash Wednesday debate is absolutely critical to Rick Santorum.
Santorum to attend Ash Wednesday services, Gingrich to skipDaily Caller
Newt Gingrich: Ash Wednesday 'not a day of obligation'The State Column
Santorum Attends Church on Ash Wednesday; Gingrich Skips ItNational Journal
Hartford Courant -Slate Magazine -Wonkette (satire)
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Ash Wednesday marks beginning of Lent – Aiken Standard


Ash Wednesday marks beginning of Lent
Aiken Standard
By Suzanne Stone - email:sstone@aikenstandard.com Christians of many sects prepared for the coming of Lent by attending Ash Wednesday church services. Churches around Aiken County offered special services to accommodate increased Holy Week attendance.

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Ash Wednesday from Augusta to the Vatican – Kennebec Journal


Kennebec Journal

Ash Wednesday from Augusta to the Vatican
Kennebec Journal
ROME (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI rode on a motorized cart in an Ash Wednesday procession, forsaking the traditional short walk between two Rome churches as the 84-year-old pontiff tries to conserve his energy. The Rev. Francis Morin places ashes on a ...
Pope Marks Ash WednesdayABC News

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Many mark Ash Wednesday – Washington Post


Natchez Democrat

Many mark Ash Wednesday
Washington Post
Washington area residents attended churches and other religious services on Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. For the faithful, placing ashes on the forehead is viewed as a sign of penitence. The Rev. Emanuel Lipscomb of Zion Baptist ...
Ash Wednesday marks season of reflection, prayerNatchez Democrat
Christians mark Ash Wednesday with tradition and reflectionDetroit Free Press
SC Ash Wednesday services in York County begin Lent season for ChristiansThe Herald | HeraldOnline.com
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Ash Wednesday ushers in time of sacrifice, reflection as Lent begins – Herald Zeitung


Ash Wednesday ushers in time of sacrifice, reflection as Lent begins
Herald Zeitung
NEW BRAUNFELS — Ash Wednesday in New Braunfels saw hundreds come together to pray and prepare to make some sacrifices. Lent, the season of fasting and almsgiving, began Wednesday as several hundred area Christians attended services at Sts. Peter and ...

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Chris Rose: Ash Wednesday ruminations – FOX 8 News WVUE-TV


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Chris Rose: Ash Wednesday ruminations
FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
A friend of mine summed it up best for me the other day: Ash Wednesday is the Mother of all Monday mornings, he said. And I get the point. I mean – it's hard to miss. The fatigue. The dirt. The emotional hangover – among other kinds.
Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras gives way to Lent, Ash WednesdayABC7Chicago.com
Costumes, beads of Mardi Gras give way to ashes for Ash Wednesday in New ...9NEWS.com
Ash Wednesday Signals the Start of Lent, Beads Put Away Until Next YearGather.com
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Ash Wednesday drive-through service offers convenience – Dailyrecord.com


Ash Wednesday drive-through service offers convenience
Dailyrecord.com
Father Charles Schwartz applies ashes to the forehead of Lynn Anstadt of West Long Branch for Ash Wednesday outside of St. Dorothea's Roman Catholic Church in Eatontown. / TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The Rev. Charles Schwartz waits for the next car ...

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Ash Wednesday drive-through service offers convenience – Asbury Park Press


Ash Wednesday drive-through service offers convenience
Asbury Park Press
Charles Schwartz applies ashes to the forehead of Lynn Anstadt of West Long Branch for Ash Wednesday outside of St. Dorothea's Roman Catholic Church in Eatontown. / TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The Rev. Charles Schwartz stands outside of St.

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Ash Wednesday drive-through offered by Ohio church – NOLA.com


NOLA.com

Ash Wednesday drive-through offered by Ohio church
NOLA.com
By AP An Ohio church is offering a drive-through Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mount Healthy United Methodist Church in ...
Ash Wednesday 2012San Antonio Express
Pastors take Ash Wednesday on the roadChicago Sun-Times
Ash Wednesday begins Lenten seasonVictoria Advocate
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Union City church vandalized with satanic symbols on Ash Wednesday – San Jose Mercury News


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Union City church vandalized with satanic symbols on Ash Wednesday
San Jose Mercury News
By Chris De Benedetti UNION CITY -- Vandals desecrated a Catholic church, destroying a cross, defacing statues and spray-painting graffiti with satanic symbols -- acts discovered on Ash Wednesday that police have classified as a hate crime.
Authorities investigate Catholic church vandalism as hate crimeKTVU San Francisco
Union City Catholic church vandalizedKGO-TV

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