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Pope washes feet of young detainees, including women and non-Catholics, in Holy Thursday rite |
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Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope. Two of the 12 were young women,... |
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Pope Francis has washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing in his new role. |
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ROME: Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young offenders including two girls at a Rome prison on Thursday in an unprecedented version of an ancient Easter ritual seen as part of an effort by the new pope to bring the Catholic Church closer to the needy. |
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Pope Francis has washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is Pope. The Mass was held in the Casal del Marmo facility in Rome, where 46 young men and women currently are detained. |
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Pope Francis has washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing in his new role. |
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope. Two of the 12 were young women, a remarkable choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples. |
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Pope Francis washes the foot of an inmate at a juvenile detention centre in Rome (AP/L'Osservatore Romano)
Pope Francis kisses an inmate's foot at Casal del Marmo in Rome (AP/L'Osservatore Romano)
28 March 2013 Pope Francis has washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a.... |
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Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a Holy ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop. Two of the 12 were young women, symbolically noteworthy given the Vatican's prohibition on female priests. |
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope. Two of the 12 were young women, a remarkable choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples. |