Commemorating Ash Wednesday or celebrating Valentine's Day

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 13, 2024 8:57 pm

MANILA, Philippines: February 14 is a holiday heavyweight this year due to a calendar collision of events.

Yes, it's Valentine's Day, the fixed annual celebration of love and friendship, marked by cute couples, eager elementary school students — and critics who deride its commercialization. But it also happens to be Ash Wednesday, the solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Christianity's most penitent season.

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