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Pope Francis visits prison on Holy Thursday
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Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates, including three women and two men serving life sentences.
Pope Francis kisses the foot of an inmate April 13 at Paliano prison outside of Rome as he celebrates Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper. The pontiff washed the feet of 12 inmates at the maximum security prison. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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Pope washes feet of 12 prison inmates at Holy Thursday Mass
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
This gesture, he continued, is meant to "sow love among us" and that the faithful, even those in prison, can imitate Christ in the same manner.
Worshippers light their candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City on April 30, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Ammar Awad
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Christians expected to flock to Jesus' tomb for Holy Fire ceremony
Michele Chabin - Religion News Service
According to Orthodox tradition, the stone on which Jesus was buried, in what is now the Sepulchre church, emits a light that bursts into flames initially cool enough to touch before turning scalding hot.
A life-size depiction of Jesus being laid in the tomb is seen on April 9 in the Stations of the Cross on the grounds of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran)
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Why the empty tomb matters
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
Even the Apostles were skeptical at first.
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