Washing the feet of guests was a Middle Eastern tradition that went back centuries before the time of Christ. Travel was often done by foot over dry and dusty roads.Weary travelers were greeted with a ...

Watching my daughter graduate from nursing school, I wonder just how many varied kinds of feet she will wash in her new career as a nurse. Toughened up by miles of being walked on, our feet are ...

Having been raised in the church, I am quite familiar with the custom of washing feet. From what I’ve been taught and what I’ve read about it in my alone time, it’s a gesture that is popular within ...

In memory of Jesus washing the apostles’ feet, eight men had their feet washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville. “It’s an optional rite … ...

(RNS) Pope Francis will spend Holy Thursday washing the feet of disabled people, some of them women and some perhaps non-Catholics. That upsets traditionalists, who say the rite should be restricted ...

There are many details worth noting in this familiar account of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper. The first is that it substitutes a profound example of service for the ...