Pope Francis washed the feet of former mafiosi on Thursday in a prison known for housing inmates who have informed on old mobster allies. The closed-door visit to Paliano prison outside Rome saw the ...

STORY: Francis, who recently curtailed his speaking engagements because of fatigue related to bouts of bronchitis and influenza, traveled to Rome's Rebibbia prison, in a run-down area on Rome's ...

(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 ...

For many homeless people, life on the streets is hard on the feet. Yet the Friday before Easter I witnessed a group of religious volunteers here doing something that I never thought imaginable—washing ...

Monsignor David Tressler, left, and Deacon Gerry Pernot wash the feet of Jovie Kopka during Holy Thursday Mass at Saint Ignatius Loyola Parish in Kingston. KINGSTON — Amber Smith found herself ...

A high school in Robertson County is facing First Amendment questions after hosting a religious event for student athletes during practice — a move one organization is calling “unconstitutional” and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On the evening of March 28, the Rev. Rhey Garcia, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, commemorated the solemn Thursday before Easter Sunday — known as Holy Thursday — with a “Washing ...

Wilmington Town Square Park became the setting for a Holy Week ritual on Thursday, April 6, with priests from Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church washing the feet of attendees. Holy Thursday’s ...

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One of the most-read traditionalist blogs, “Rorate Caeli,” reacted to the foot-washing ceremony by declaring the death of Benedict’s eight-year project to correct what he considered the botched ...