Ash Wednesday photos

Roman Catholics queue up to have crosses etched to their foreheads with ash by nuns and laymen as the country marks Ash Wednesday on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Roman Catholics has a cross from ash etched to his forehead as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Roman Catholics devotee lights candles at a church as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Roman Catholics devotee lights candles at a church as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Roman Catholics has a cross from ash etched to his forehead as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics queue up to have crosses etched to their foreheads with ash by nuns and laymen as the country marks Ash Wednesday on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics devotees light candles at a church as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics devotees light candles at a church as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Roman Catholics has a cross from ash etched to his forehead as the country marks Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of the Christian Lenten season in Manila on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics queue up to have crosses etched to their foreheads with ash by nuns and laymen as the country marks Ash Wednesday on February 13, 2013. The ash symbolizes the mortality of human beings. About 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholics and there has been speculation among some faithful that a Filipino cardinal could be chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the mass for Ash Wednesday, opening Lent, on February 13, 2013 at St Peter's basilica at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance on Wednesday since his shock resignation announcement, asking thousands of cheering pilgrims at the Vatican to 'keep praying for me'. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Catholic faithful participates in a ceremony during Ash Wednesday in Tegucigalpa, on February 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday initiates Lent, that culminates in the Holy Week. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics raise religious items while a priest blesses them after mass in observance of Ash Wednesday outside a church in Manila on February 13, 2013, two days after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Bishops and all Catholics in the Philippines are hoping that a Filipino will be the next pope, a senior church figure said February 12, as he promoted the credentials of the country's only candidate. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the mass for Ash Wednesday, opening Lent, on February 13, 2013 at St Peter's basilica at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Catholic faithful participate in a ceremony during Ash Wednesday in Tegucigalpa, on February 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday initiates Lent, that culminates in the Holy Week. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics raise religious items while a priest blesses them after mass in observance of Ash Wednesday outside a church in Manila on February 13, 2013, two days after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Bishops and all Catholics in the Philippines are hoping that a Filipino will be the next pope, a senior church figure said February 12, as he promoted the credentials of the country's only candidate. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Roman Catholics raise religious items while a priest blesses them after mass in observance of Ash Wednesday outside a church in Manila on February 13, 2013, two days after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Bishops and all Catholics in the Philippines are hoping that a Filipino will be the next pope, a senior church figure said February 12, as he promoted the credentials of the country's only candidate. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Catholic faithful participate in a ceremony during Ash Wednesday in Tegucigalpa, on February 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday initiates Lent, that culminates in the Holy Week. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Catholic faithful participates in a ceremony during Ash Wednesday in Tegucigalpa, on February 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday initiates Lent, that culminates in the Holy Week. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)