Catholic devotees attend Sunday Mass at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila on February 27. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has released its recommended guidelines for the celebration of Ash Wednesday and Holy Week for this year. For the first time in two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the Catholic faithful will be allowed to receive ash crosses on their foreheads to mark the start of Lent.
