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MAKING ASH Father Jerry Habunal, parochial vicar of the Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Las Piñas City, leads the burning of palm fronds on March 4, 2025. The ashes will be used to smear the foreheads of Catholics today, Ash Wednesday. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
THE Lent season begins on March 5 as Catholics observe Ash Wednesday — a solemn period of prayer and fasting to prepare for Easter Sunday.