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Pope to wash feet of 12 priests
April 02, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: The Diocese of Rome announced that Pope Leo will wash the feet of 12 priests during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday evening in the Lateran Basilica.
Eleven of the priests were ordained by Pope Leo; the twelfth is the spiritual director of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary.
In washing the feet of priests, Pope Leo is restoring a custom abandoned by Pope Francis, who typically celebrated the Holy Thursday evening Mass in prisons.
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