Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

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according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. USA Today adds that during Lent, Catholics and Christians will give up something they enjoy or something they feel like they should stop.