President Biden celebrates Mass on Ash Wednesday in Poland

President Biden celebrated Ash Wednesday with Father Wiesław Dawidowski in a Mass organised specially.

Fr. Wiesław Dawidowski and President Joe Biden

Facebook/WIesław Dawidowski

Father Wiesław Dawidowski held the Mass, organised in secret, to mark Ash Wednesday - the beginning of Lent in many Christian calendars. 

Biden mentioned on Twitter that he was consciously taking the opportunity to "join Christians worldwide" in "recommitting ourselves to God and to one another":

Today, I join Christians worldwide in observing Ash Wednesday. The Lenten season is a time for reflection and discernment and an opportunity to recommit ourselves to God and to one another. May we continue to keep the faith and look with hopeful hearts towards Easter.

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 22, 2023

Several journalists on Twitter noted the ash on President Biden's forehead - visible in the photograph above.

Sources: PAP, Twitter

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