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The goals are nearly 5 km apart! Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent. This picture shows Catholic worshippers at a Mass in Washington DC. Their foreheads are marked with crosses of black ash.

according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. USA Today adds that during Lent, Catholics and Christians will give up something they enjoy or something they feel like they should stop.