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 ...

Pope Francis inspired Catholics across the world last year when he visited a juvenile detention center in Rome to celebrate Holy Thursday, and tenderly washed the feel of a young Muslim woman. This ...

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.

The Rev. Jack Haberer was not always comfortable with the Maundy Thursday foot-washing ritual. "To be honest, I avoided it as long as I could until I became a minister and it was already on the ...

From the expression on the face of the priest at the Maundy Thursday service, I figured foot washing might be his least favorite activity of the church year. His face was wrinkled in what looked like ...