Italy Pope Ash Wednesday

Italy Pope Ash Wednesday

AP Photo. Pope Francis leaves after celebrating the Ash Wednesday mass at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome on March 5. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent.

In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis leaves after celebrating 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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