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Pope Francis washes the feet of inmates at Rebibbia Prison in Rome, during the Mass of Holy Thursday, April 2, 2015.

Pope Francis' Holy Thursday Mass will be at a prison

Mar 20, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Continuing his custom of saying Holy Thursday Mass outside a sacred place, Pope Francis this year will visit one of... Read more

Pope Francis arrives at Rebibbia prison in Rome for the Holy Thursday Mass, April 2, 2015.

Pope Francis will visit a prison on Holy Thursday

Apr 6, 2017

This Holy Thursday, Pope Francis will wash the feet of prison inmates and say Mass at their penitentiary. Read more

Pope Francis performing the rite of the washing of feet at a Holy Thursday Mass said at Rebibbia prison, Rome, April 2, 2015.

Pope Francis to wash the feet of migrants on Holy Thursday

Mar 22, 2016

By Elise Harris

After spending previous years washing the feet of inmates and disabled persons on Holy Thursday, this year Pope Francis will... Read more

Pope Francis performing the rite of the washing of feet at a Holy Thursday Mass said at Rebibbia prison, Rome, April 2, 2015.

Women may now have their feet washed at Holy Thursday Mass, Pope says

Jan 21, 2016

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis has changed the rules for the Church’s traditional foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday, issuing a decree allowing women... Read more