During the Last Supper, as recorded in John’s Gospel, Jesus takes off, or “lays aside” his outer robe, ties a towel around ...

The Thursday before Easter is known as either Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday. Maundy is derived from the Latin word for ...

ROME Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope. Two of ...

Pope Francis washes, then kisses, the foot of an inmate during a Holy Thursday celebration at Velletri Correctional Facility, 36 miles south of Rome. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media, via Reuters.) ...

Pope Leo presided over the traditional rite of the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday, speaking of the gesture as one of ...

Three days before Easter, on the 2nd, Pope Leo XIV, left, washed the feet of priests and then kissed them at the St. John ...

The Holy Father said March 24 that, while there are some people in the world who seek to sow violence, Jesus shows us the path to unity, brotherhood and peace. Pope Francis kisses a foot of one of the ...

Jesus' gesture of washing his disciples' feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and ...