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padding-top: 3.2vh;" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/05/photos-ash-wednesday-black-catholics/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='900'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20900'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="PHOTOS: See Ash Wednesday services" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-1200x900.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-200x150.jpg 200w" data-sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-1200x900.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="PHOTOS: See Ash Wednesday services" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/05163903/ASH_14-200x150.jpg 200w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://veritenews.org/2025/03/05/photos-ash-wednesday-black-catholics/" rel="bookmark">PHOTOS: See Ash Wednesday services</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://veritenews.org/author/jgrayveritenews-org/">John Gray</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-05T16:47:04">March 5, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-05T16:47:17-06:00">March 5, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="21489" class="tag-beyonce tag-dolly-parton tag-endymion tag-featured-story tag-hermes tag-katy-perry tag-krewe-of-muses tag-mardi-gras tag-muses tag-rutina-wesley tag-taylor-swift tag-vn-app category-community category-culture type-post post-has-image" style="min-height: 16vh; 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