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 ...

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 ...

The Rev. Jack Haberer was not always comfortable with the Maundy Thursday foot-washing ritual. "To be honest, I avoided it as long as I could until I became a minister and it was already on the ...

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.

In a season when Christians observe Easter by retelling the story of Jesus, the pastor of Grace Brethren Church in Lanham used Palm Sunday to go beyond preaching about the Last Supper and the New ...

We gathered one afternoon at the Stewpot homeless kitchen in downtown Dallas where we welcomed 12 homeless women and men into a darkened, candle-lit room. We put on an acapella recording of the hymn ...

From the expression on the face of the priest at the Maundy Thursday service, I figured foot washing might be his least favorite activity of the church year. His face was wrinkled in what looked like ...