Pope to wash prisoners' feet on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis is to celebrate a mass on Holy Thursday in a youth detention centre in Rome where he will wash the feet of prisoners.

Pope to wash prisoners' feet on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis is to celebrate a mass on Holy Thursday in a youth detention centre in Rome where he will wash the feet of prisoners.

The Vatican said it continues a tradition when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires and held masses in prisons, hospitals or old people's homes.

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