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February 26, 2017

#Ashtags: When posting Ash Wednesday photos, use your head

In recent years, people have begun positing photos of themselves online of ashes on their forehead.

WASHINGTON – Ash Wednesday seems to offer contradictory messages. The Gospel reading for the day is about not doing public acts of piety but the very act of getting ashes – and walking around with them – is pretty public.

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