washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women from his wheelchair to mark Maundy Thursday. The 87-year-old pontiff, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, visited the Rebibbia women's prison in the northeastern outskirts of Rome, where he performed the same rite in 2015.Thursday, however, was the first time the Argentinian Jesuit had dedicated his annual ritual during Holy Week solely to women.
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