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 ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV reinstated the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony by washing the feet of 12 priests, a practice his predecessor, Pope Francis, had modified to include laypeople ...

The imagery of Pope Francis washing the feet of 12 women prisoners on Maundy Thursday at the Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome went viral across the globe. The image of the pope in his ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile while riding around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience April 1, 2026. Credit: CNS ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Thursday overturned centuries of tradition that banned women from a foot-washing service during Lent, upsetting conservatives and delighting women's rights activists.

Pope Leo XIV will wash the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday during the "In Coena Domini" -- the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper -- on April 2 at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. "Eleven of ...