We gathered one afternoon at the Stewpot homeless kitchen in downtown Dallas where we welcomed 12 homeless women and men into a darkened, candle-lit room. We put on an acapella recording of the hymn ...

“Master, are you going to wash my feet?” (John 13:6). Exod 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116; 1 Cor 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 Social distancing will deprive us of the communal dimensions of our Holy Week services in ...

Even if you did not watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, you have probably seen or at least heard about one of the evening’s more controversial ads. It featured still photographs of unlikely pairings: a ...

The ritual of the washing of feet, as it is practiced in many parishes, is both a moving experience and one of the liturgy’s most teachable moments. Parishioners are invited to go to one of several ...

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 ...

During the game's first quarter, a seriously weird ad aired where people were washing each others' feet in various and seemingly incongruous settings. Regardless of your religious beliefs, the whole ...

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 ...

Scenes from the Holy Thursday prayer service presented by the Faith Leader Network of the Immigrants Are Welcomed Here Coalition of Orlando and the Hope CommUnity Center of Apopka, outside the Federal ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday overturned centuries of tradition that banned women from a foot-washing service during Lent, upsetting conservatives and delighting women's rights activists.

The feet and legs of the homeless men we serve at the Bowery Mission in New York are a testimony to the pain they endure daily. Many of their legs are swollen because, like Jesus, they have nowhere to ...