STORY: Francis, who recently curtailed his speaking engagements because of fatigue related to bouts of bronchitis and influenza, traveled to Rome's Rebibbia prison, in a run-down area on Rome's ...

A high school in Robertson County is facing First Amendment questions after hosting a religious event for student athletes during practice — a move one organization is calling “unconstitutional” and ...

Wilmington Town Square Park became the setting for a Holy Week ritual on Thursday, April 6, with priests from Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church washing the feet of attendees. Holy Thursday’s ...

Pope Francis washed the feet of former mafiosi on Thursday in a prison known for housing inmates who have informed on old mobster allies. The closed-door visit to Paliano prison outside Rome saw the ...

The imagery of Pope Francis washing the feet of 12 women prisoners on Maundy Thursday at the Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome went viral across the globe. The image of the pope in his ...

One of the most-read traditionalist blogs, “Rorate Caeli,” reacted to the foot-washing ceremony by declaring the death of Benedict’s eight-year project to correct what he considered the botched ...

(CNN) — Pope Francis on Thursday has washed the feet of 12 women at a prison in Rome during a ceremony emphasizing humility. It is the first time the pope has washed the feet of women only during the ...

ROME, March 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis looked well as he washed and kissed the feet of 12 women prisoners on Thursday at a traditional ritual on the first of four event-filled days leading to Easter ...