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 Holy Thursday, Francis, along with dozens of cardinals and bishops and about 1,800 priests, gathered in St. Peter's Basilica to renew the vows they took on their ordination.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

On that particular Holy Thursday, Severo was pacing up and down the drawing room worrying about the scandal his daughter had provoked at mass.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende