Catholic devotees line up at Baclaran Church on Ash Wednesday

Catholic devotees line up at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help church in Baclaran, Parañaque City, to have ashes placed on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. For the first time in two years, the Catholic faithful in the Philippines are allowed to receive ash crosses on their foreheads to mark the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022, and they are encouraged to practice fasting and abstinence on this day. (MB Video by Ali Vicoy)