Holy Thursday
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For example, on Holy Thursday, popes traditionally washed the feet of 12 male priests, a show of humility meant to echo Jesus’ washing the feet of his disciples the night before he died.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
I quit Hallow on the day I was told is Holy Thursday — I did learn a lot about how many holy days there are! — and sang my own "hallelujiah" in response.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Francis revolutionized the ritual for the Vatican by insisting, from his very first Holy Thursday as pope in 2013, to include women and people of other faiths among the 12.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
On Thursday, he traveled to a jail on Rome’s outskirts where he washed and dried the feet of a dozen juvenile inmates in a Holy Thursday ritual.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
On this Holy Thursday, Father Restrepo had led his audience to the limits of their endurance with his apocalyptic visions, and Nivea was beginning to feel dizzy.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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