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 ...

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.

SALEM, Ala. (WTVM) - Easter is this weekend. A time for outdoor fun, candy and eggs. In the Christian community, this is one of the most important holidays. It signals the time when Jesus rose from ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed church regulations to explicitly allow women and girls to participate in the Easter Week foot-washing ritual, after having shocked many Catholics by ...

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S., washes the foot of Sister Antonia Sanchez at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Holy Thursday in ...

Father Michael Wakefield, pastor of St. Francis de Sales in Sherman Oaks, could be found Thursday practicing what he preaches. There he was, celebrating Mass, with humility, during a Holy Week that ...

The Episcopal Church Center in San Diego will hold its eighth annual community foot washing event Thursday to offer medical and grooming services for homeless residents and their pets. In addition to ...

VATICAN CITY, April 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a change that quickly set the Catholic world buzzing, Pope Francis is allowing priests to wash the feet of women and anyone else in the community on Holy Thursday and not just ...

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 ...