Act of humility

Notes: "On Maundy Thursday [2013], the new pontiff [Pope Francis] celebrated traditional morning mass in St. Peter's Basilica, and in the afternoon celebrated the mass of the Lord's Supper at 5:30 -- not in St. Peter's, not in the Basilica of St. John in Lateran -- but in the chapel of Casa del Marmo, a suburban correctional facility for teenagers and young adults. There he washed and kissed the feet of 12 young inmates in commemoration of Christ's act of humility toward his apostles after the Last Supper. Francis broke with tradition once again by including two females, one of them a Serbian Muslim, in the ritual. Historically, popes have washed only the feet of men. According to a Vatican news release, as Archbishop Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, he celebrated mass in prisons, hospitals, AIDS hospices and homeless shelters. In 2007, Pope Emeritus Benedict celebrated a mass with ritual foot washing in the same youth detention centre". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Foot washing (Rite) - Catholic Church; Maundy Thursday - Catholic Church; Francis I, Pope, 1936-