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.

Westminster Church of the Brethren held a traditional Love Feast service in the fellowship hall on Maundy Thursday, April 17. In the Church of the Brethren, Love Feast celebrates the mission of Jesus ...

As Christians around the South Bay and Long Beach make last-minute plans about which Easter service to attend on Sunday, their most devout counterparts participated in a time-honored ceremony of ...

On Thursday evening, in a reprise of an ancient rite, Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wis., washed the feet of 12 men, all seminarians — a re-creation of Jesus' action at the Last Supper when he ...

Washing the feet of guests was a Middle Eastern tradition that went back centuries before the time of Christ. Travel was often done by foot over dry and dusty roads.Weary travelers were greeted with a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... About the time this newspaper hits my driveway, I will be standing outside St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood accepting a palm frond to carry into our ...