The 70-year-old pope is in charge of Holy Week festivities, which honour Christ’s last days before his resurrection at Easter, for the first time since his election as pope in May 2025.
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Pope Leo XIV washed the feet of 12 priests in the customary Holy Thursday ritual, a custom that his predecessor had abandoned. The ritual Francis used to perform included laypeople and non-Christians at jails, juvenile detention facilities, and asylum centres.
Pope Leo XIV performed the ritual of washing of the feet for the first time on Holy Thursday, marking a return to tradition for the rite which his predecessor Francis used to perform for the homeless, prisoners and other marginalized people. pic.twitter.com/PMB3LiB1Ri
