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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis recalled for around 40 young detainees how Jesus washed the disciples' feet and said that he would willingly do the same for them because he is called to serve. "It is the example set by ...