Pope Francis will visit a prison in Rome to wash the feet of inmates of Maundy Thursday, the Vatican has announced. The Pope will visit Rebibbia prison on April where he will meet inmates, and follow Jesus in washing their feet. At 5.30 PM that evening, the Holy Father will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the prison, carrying out the act for which he has become famous. Last year on Maundy Thursday Francis washed the feet of elderly and infirm people. The year before he washed the feet of 12 young people, including Muslims and young women, at a juvenile prison.
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Pope Francis will wash the feet of prisoners on Maundy Thursday
The Holy Father will repeat the symbolic act in Holy Week
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