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 ...

ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- The ritual of washing feet has a deep-seated tie to Holy Week, a symbol of the humility Jesus Christ showed in performing the act for his 12 disciples the day before his ...

In yet another rich use of symbols, an emerging preaching pattern of Pope Francis’ pontificate, he included women and Muslims in one of the most important liturgical celebrations in the Catholic ...

An experience at a foot-washing at a Maundy Thursday service as a student at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary gave the Rev. Sara Isbell insight into how profound the ritual can be. “There was ...