Cardinal Angelo Comastri puts ash on Pope Benedict XVI's head during the celebration of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Angelo Comastri puts ash on Pope Benedict XVI's head during the celebration of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese says a prayer after placing ash on a commuter's forehead in celebration of Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Grecilea Lopz of Washington receives ash and a blessing from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese in celebration of Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese bows her head and says a prayer after placing ash on a commuter's forehead in celebration of Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese says a prayer after placing ash on a commuter's forehead in celebration of Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Sidewalk traffic speeds by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese and Father Nathan Humphrey as they place ash on the foreheads of morning commuters to celebrate Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese and Father Nathan Humphrey place ash on the foreheads of morning commuters to celebrate Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Sidewalk traffic speeds by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Washington Episcopal Diocese and Father Nathan Humphrey as they place ash on the foreheads of morning commuters to celebrate Ash Wednesday, a Catholic tradition, next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in D.C. on Feb. 13, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
