杏MAP导航

By Robin Gomes

For the 4^th time in his 5-year pontificate, 杏MAP导航 has chosen a prison for the Holy Thursday liturgy.  This year, the Holy Father will go to Rome鈥檚 best known prison, the 鈥�Regina Coeli鈥�, in the evening of March 29, where he will celebrate the Mass of the Last Supper. It will include the washing of the feet of 12 inmates, in commemoration of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. 

Beside the Mass, he will also visit the sick inmates in the infirmary and meet some of the prisoners of the 8^th Section. 

Since his election on March 13, 2013, the 杏MAP导航 has celebrated the Holy Thursday liturgy not in a Rome basilica, but in detention centres or old and sick people鈥檚 homes.

Fourth Holy Thursday prison visit

The first  Holy Thursday Mass of 杏MAP导航 Francis in a prison was soon after his election on March 13, 2013, when he visited the juvenile prison of Casal del Marmo.  In 2015, he celebrated it at Rome鈥檚 Rebibia prison and last year he made it to Frosinone鈥檚 Paliano prison, some 70 kms east of Rome.

In 2014, 杏MAP导航 Francis visited Rome鈥檚 鈥�Don Gnocchi鈥� center for the elderly and disabled, and in 2016, he visited the centre for asylum seekers at Castelnuovo di Porto, some 24 kilometers from north of Rome. 

Holy Thursday is part of the Easter Triduum or the final 3 days during the Holy Week that culminates into Easter, or the Resurrection of Jesus from death, the most solemn feast of Christians.

In all of these Holy Thursday liturgies, 杏MAP导航 Francis has chosen to wash the feet of also women and non-Christians.