Perhaps predictably, in an age which does not understand why the priestly fraternity is male, a controversy has erupted in the Diocese of Venice, Fla. There, Bishop Frank Dewane, to the consternation ...

As Christians around the South Bay and Long Beach make last-minute plans about which Easter service to attend on Sunday, their most devout counterparts participated in a time-honored ceremony of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On the evening of March 28, the Rev. Rhey Garcia, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, commemorated the solemn Thursday before Easter Sunday — known as Holy Thursday — with a “Washing ...

Next week I’ll have my feet washed. And I’ll wash someone’s feet. The Ekklesia Project will gather to explore the theme of The Church As Politics, addressing issues such as “the rise of nationalism ...

Many Christians celebrate the Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples on the Thursday before Easter, reflecting the story told in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. This year, First Baptist Church ...

Thursday was the annual washing of the feet for Archbishop Gregory Aymond. For at least 10 years, he's been going to Orleans Justice Center and washing the feet of inmates on Holy Thursday. In the ...

The imagery of Pope Francis washing the feet of 12 women prisoners on Maundy Thursday at the Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome went viral across the globe. The image of the pope in his ...

Between her teaching job and raising six kids, my mom was on her feet a good part of the day. By evening, her feet were worn out and her heels were often dry and cracked. But kids come in handy, ...

Latin sung over nervous giggles and the intermittent sound of trickling water filled the small room attached to the 16th-century Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims on a mild March evening ...