Pope Francis washes feet of prison inmates

Pope Francis has urged inmates at a Rome prison to never let their hopes be clouded like cataracts cloud the eyes - and revealed that he suffers from the condition and has to have surgery for it next year.

Pope Francis washes feet of prison inmates

Pope Francis has urged inmates at a Rome prison to never let their hopes be clouded like cataracts cloud the eyes - and revealed that he suffers from the condition and has to have surgery for it next year.

Francis disclosed the news as he bid farewell to inmates and staff at the Regina Coeli prison, where he washed the feet of 12 prisoners in a Holy Thursday ritual.

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