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Carnival Season Kicks off Along the Gulf Coast
Orleans-based rock band for kids — and Animal Planet's Tillman, the skateboarding bulldog. The end of Carnival is marked by Ash Wednesday , the day after Fat Tuesday. In heavily Catholic south Louisiana, it'll mark the start of Lent as the faithful prepare
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National Park Guide: Maryland's Assateague Island
proved a boon for fishing but slowed plans for southward development to the Virginia state line. Three decades later, the Ash Wednesday nor'easter of 1962 halted plans for 5,000 seaside homes that would have formed a new community called Ocean Beach
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Great Expectations In Michigan (The Note)reports. http://bit.ly/x9XzN6 - Will Santorum Wear Ashes? It's debate night in Mesa, Ariz.-and it's also Ash Wednesday . The Arizona Republic's E.J. Montini notes the role of faith in Santorum's campaign and wonders whether the candidate
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Today in Pictures: Honduras, India Election, Hockey, Rugby, Giraffes
developed by slaves in the region. Carnival, the grandest holiday in Brazil, starts on Fat Tuesday, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday . (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Nora, a Rothschild giraffe, stares at the camera at Prague Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic
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Philadelphia-Area Priests Suspended for Suspected Child AbuseIt's Ash Wednesday , the first day of Lent for Catholics, but churchgoers observing the holy day at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia had an
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Booty Recall: Bishops Drop Word from Bibleand even more poetic. The newest edition of the New American Bible, the English-language Catholic Bible, comes out on Ash Wednesday , March 9. "Our official line is that this is the Bible in high-def," Mary Elizabeth Sperry of the U.S. Conference
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Will A&P Catholics Still Flock to Church on Palm Sunday?
insiders are familiar with the term "A&P Catholics," referring to Ashes and Palms Catholics. These are ones who show up on Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, two days when the church has giveaways. The more contemporary and liturgically correct term for Palm Sunday
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Vice President Joe Biden Receives Ashes to Mark Start of Lenten Season
President Joe Biden received ashes at an Ash Wednesday service this morning. Biden, a Catholic his forehead. Christians celebrate Ash Wednesday every year as the first day of the Sundays) until Easter Sunday. On Ash Wednesday , worshippers attend services and receive
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TechBytes: Skype On VerizonIllinois found the memories of both old and young drivers suffered from talking on the phone. Give Up Your iPod? Today is Ash Wednesday , the beginning of Lent for Christians around the world. Typically the observant give up meat, alcohol or chocolates
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'Angels & Demons' Latest of Many Films to Rouse Religion's Wrathadded up to sizeable profits for a film so controversial, it couldn't get backing from a major studio. After opening on Ash Wednesday , 2004, "The Passion of the Christ" made $84 million in its first weekend and went on to gross more than $600 million
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The Note: Cowboy and Indians
Mexican border, reports Michelle Mittelstadt of the Dallas Morning News. LINK Los Angeles' Cardinal Roger Mahoney used his Ash Wednesday sermon to reiterate his position that Catholics should "make room in our hearts" for immigrants," irritating some at
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'Dress Yourself' Campaign: Brazil Hands Out Condoms
Hello, Fun Carnival takes place during the days preceding Ash Wednesday , the first of 40 meatless fasting days before Easter. This goodbye to meat." But before Lent -- the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter -- most people say hello to fun, food, and
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New Orleans Museum of Art Fighting to Survive
The public will be able to walk around the sculpture garden next month, but the museum won't be open until March 1, Ash Wednesday , the day after Mardi Gras. Meanwhile, Bullard plans a fund-raising campaign, making stops in such cities as Los Angeles
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ABC News Updatewas not true. That the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for jesus' death. The news comes just one week before Ash Wednesday marking the start of lent the forty day fast in anticipation of Easter. Here at home and eagerly anticipated apple event
were responsible for jesus' death. The news comes just one week before Ash Wednesday marking the start of lent the forty day fast in anticipation of Easter. Here at home and eagerly anticipated apple event and -
Yahoo! Top 5 Mardi Gras SearchesYou wanna be honest Ellen talk back to the news go to abcnews.com. And it does videos and emails. It is the day before Ash Wednesday and that means it's time to celebrate Mardi Gras. People been burning up the web searches to get more details on everything
And -- it does videos and emails. It is the day before Ash Wednesday and that means it's time to celebrate Mardi Gras. People been burning up the web searches to get more details on everything -
The Lessons of Lentforty days so now is a forty days From Ash Wednesday Easter don't think make that it is fasting that important. Was certainly Ash Wednesday and Good Friday in their fast and abstinence fast meaning only one full meal on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Com we think by the
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Get Skype on Verizon WirelessUniversity of Illinois found the memories of both old and young drivers suffered from talking on the phone. And finally today Ash Wednesday the beginning of for Christians around the world typically the give up meat alcohol or chocolates but this year some British
young drivers suffered from talking on the phone. And finally today -- Ash Wednesday the beginning of -- for Christians around the world typically the -- give up meat alcohol or chocolates but this year some -
No Texting for Lentto be a more high tech choice it is impressing parents. It may even have the Vatican in a Twitter. Here's David From Ash Wednesday the Easter forty days of fasting. And along hundred of Huntsville Alabama gave up chocolate as usual. But her daughter
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The Party in Rio Goes Onthe recession is even having an impact on the biggest party of the year that country. Carnival officially ends with the Ash Wednesday that the unofficial parties are still going on through the weekend. Mike as more. This year's carnival in Brazil. Again
biggest party of the year that country. Carnival officially ends with the Ash Wednesday that the unofficial parties are still going on through the weekend. Mike -- as more. -
Webcast: Iraq Troops, Protecting Your Facebook Profile, 'Two Lovers' Reviewthe recession is even having an impact on the biggest party of the year that country. Carnival officially ends with the Ash Wednesday that the unofficial parties are still going on through the weekend. Mike as more. This year's carnival in Brazil. Again
Carnival officially ends with the Ash Wednesday that the unofficial parties are still going on through the weekend. Mike -- as more.
