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Gingrich Skipping Ash Wednesday Mass

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February 22, 2012 7:28 a.m.
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Newt Gingrich will not attend Ash Wednesday mass, saying it’s “not a holiday day of obligation,” NBC and CNN report. 

Gingrich also told reporters that he is giving up dessert for lent.

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