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Congregants pray as Cardinal Donald Wuerl leads noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, second from left, gives the Imposition of Ashes to congregants as he leads noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Congregants pray as Cardinal Donald Wuerl leads noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl greets congregants after leading noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl gives the Imposition of Ashes as he leads noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl leads noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, second from right, leads noon mass on Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)