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Pope Francis washes the feet of prisoners in Civitavecchia, Italy, April 14, 2022. / Vatican Media.Rome Newsroom, Apr 14, 2022 / 11:54 am (CNA).Pope Francis washed the feet of prisoners on Thursday as he celebrated the Mass of the Lord s Supper at a prison outside Rome.The pope offered the Mass on April 14 in Civitavecchia, a port city around 50 miles northwest of Rome. Local media reported that he arrived at the prison at about 4 p.m. Rome time in a white Fiat 500L.The Holy See press office said that the pope preached in the prison chapel on the day s Gospel reading (John 13:1-15), which describes how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.In an off-the-cuff homily, Pope Francis described Christ s action as "a strange thing" in this world: "Jesus washing the feet of the traitor, the one who sells him."He said: "Jesus teaches us this, simply: among you, you must wash each other s feet [.] one serves the other, without interest: how beautiful it would be if this

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