Pope Washes Feet In Holy Thursday Rite At Youth Prison

ROME – In a holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity.

The Casal del Marmo Facility on the outskirts of Rome is the same juvenile prison where Pope Francis performed the first feet-washing ritual of his papacy.

The ritual recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he would be taken away to be crucified.