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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. |
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That women were included is noteworthy given the Vatican's prohibition on female priests. |
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Pope washes feet of young detainees, not all of them Catholic, in Holy Thursday ritual |
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ROME 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, an unusual choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples. |
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ROME -- 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, an unusual choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples. |
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