Pope Leo XIV washed the feet of 12 priests in the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, restoring a tradition his predecessor had broken by including laypeople and non-Christians in ceremonies at prisons, ...

Pope Francis washed the feet of former mafiosi on Thursday in a prison known for housing inmates who have informed on old mobster allies. The closed-door visit to Paliano prison outside Rome saw the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis (C) visits the Regina Coeli prison in Rome. Due to health reasons, he was unable to perform the traditional ...

Two Dayton-based church groups hosted a foot-washing ceremony at Courthouse Square in Dayton this evening. Simple Street Ministry and New Hope Life Church partnered for the event. Joel Burton, pastor ...

Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop Mark Eckman had two messages for incarcerated men at the Allegheny County Jail during his first visit on Maundy Thursday: God loves them, and there is hope. “God ...

On the Thursday ahead of Easter, Orthodox Christians and Catholics gathered to watch the feet of clergy be ritually washed. In Jerusalem, a ceremony was held to ritually wash the feet in preparation ...

The priests included 11 ordained by Leo last year, along with the Rev. Renzo Chiesa, the director of the Rome Diocese's primary seminary. Leo poured water from a golden pitcher over the priests’ feet ...