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Washing of women’s feet: silent revolution in Bengal

2018-04-01
By: Matters India
On: April 1, 2018
In: National

By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: For last five years, in some parishes of Diocese of Baruipur, West Bengal, have experienced a silent revolution in a minuscule manner with regard to introducing women as part of the washing of the feet on Maundy Thursday. “Last year, I introduced it in aContinue Reading

Cardinal to wash feet of refugees on Holy Thursday

2018-03-28
By: Matters India
On: March 28, 2018
In: International

Manila: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila will wash the feet of migrants and refugees during a Holy Week ritual that traditionally celebrates Christ’s washing of the feet of the apostles. The head of Caritas Internationalis, who is leading a Vatican campaign to interact and welcome migrants and forcibly displacedContinue Reading

Washing women’s feet can give healing touch: Bishops told

2017-04-03
By: Matters India
On: April 3, 2017
In: Top Story

Emulate Pope Francis and make the Church inclusiveContinue Reading

Washing women’s feet not mandatory: Vatican official

2016-03-18
By: Matters India
On: March 18, 2016
In: Religious

Vatican City: Priests are not obligated to wash the feet of women during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, a Vatican official has clarified. Cardinal Robert Sarah. prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, told reporters in Rome on February 26 thatContinue Reading

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