Pope Off to Maximum-security Prison For Foot Washing Ritual

On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis is heading to a maximum-security prison to wash the feet of 12 inmates - including three women and a Muslim - stressing once again that a pope must serve those on society's margins. The Paliano detention center, located in a fortress south of Rome, is the only Italian prison dedicated to housing mafia turncoats. These “collaborators of justice” can shave time off their sentences by cooperating with anti-mafia prosecutors. It's the third Holy...

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