Scenes from the Holy Thursday prayer service presented by the Faith Leader Network of the Immigrants Are Welcomed Here Coalition of Orlando and the Hope CommUnity Center of Apopka, outside the Federal ...

Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik traditionally uses part of Holy Thursday to wash the feet of inmates at the Allegheny County Jail, as part of Holy Week observances. On Thursday night, Catholics ...

Washing the feet of guests was a Middle Eastern tradition that went back centuries before the time of Christ. Travel was often done by foot over dry and dusty roads.Weary travelers were greeted with a ...

Pope Francis was in the middle of a busy week Thursday, in the days leading up to Easter and the ceremonies and traditions associated with the holiday. Holy, or Maundy, Thursday, the Thursday before ...

This post has been updated with an explanatory note from Archbishop Arthur Roche, Secretary at the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Pope Francis has decreed that ...

This story appears in the Pope Francis feature series. View the full series. Pope Francis washes the foot of a prison inmate during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at Rome's Casal del ...

(CNN) — Pope Francis on Thursday has washed the feet of 12 women at a prison in Rome during a ceremony emphasizing humility. It is the first time the pope has washed the feet of women only during the ...