Rome: Pope Francis puts ashes on the forehead of Cardinal Jozef Tomko in the Santa Sabina Basilica during the Ash Wednesday mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Pope Francis is marking Ash Wednesday with prayer and a solemn procession between two churches on one of ancient Rome’s seven hills. AP/PTI(AP2_26_2020_000259B)