Ash Wednesday 2012: Lent begins around the world

From Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, global scenes of faith and tradition. Vicar Sandor Sebok, a priest from a local Catholic church, marks the forehead of a girl with ash, at a church in the town of Fot, Hungary. The Rev.

The Most Reverend Tod Brown, bishop of Orange, places a cross of ashes on a worshiper's forehead during Ash Wednesday Mass at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange, Wednesday morning. There are six Masses held at the

In the words of Rudd's own Ash Wednesday announcement, it is a "soap opera". And it will remain so until Rudd or Gillard can make it a meaningful contest over the future of Labor and the destiny of the country. Rudd has three days to run a campaign,

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From Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, global scenes of faith and tradition. Vicar Sandor Sebok, a priest from a local Catholic church, marks the forehead of a girl with ash, at a church in the town of Fot, Hungary. The Rev.