During his first Holy Week after being elected pontiff in 2013, he went to the prison to wash the prisoners’ feet, a gesture he repeated every year until his final Holy Thursday, four days ...

HOLY THURSDAY FOOT-WASHING CEREMONY r. Tom Burke, pastor of Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish, washes the feet of soon-to-be new members of the parish at Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper ...

Thursday was the annual washing of the feet for Archbishop Gregory Aymond. For at least 10 years, he's been going to Orleans Justice Center and washing the feet of inmates on Holy Thursday.

Thursday, many gathered for Holy Thursday, the start of the three most sacred days of the Church's liturgical year, according to the Cathedral of Saint Peter where there was an Evening Mass of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church held their Maundy Thursday celebration in the historical downtown Cleveland church.

Bishop David Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh administers Holy Communion to the inmates during a Mass and foot-washing ceremony at Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

On Holy Thursday the pope, who usually visits a prison, or a center for migrants or the disabled, to celebrate Mass of the Lord’s Supper and wash the feet of inmates, paid a private visit to ...

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Pope Francis kept annual Holy Week appointment visiting dozens of inmates in a Rome prison on Thursday. The 88-year-old is still recovering from pneumonia.

During the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti reflected on Jesus’ humble act of washing his disciples’ feet, calling the Church to become a Eucharistic ...

It’s a prison Francis has visited before to perform the annual Holy Thursday ritual of washing the feet of 12 people to re-enact Christ’s gesture of humble service of washing the feet of 12 ...

Pope Francis visited Rome's Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven) prison on Thursday, maintaining an Easter season tradition despite ongoing health concerns. The 88-year-old pontiff was warmly received ...