Pope to celebrate Maundy Thursday mass in Rome juvenile hall
'Francis continuing tradition from Buenos Aires' says Vatican
21 March, 10:59
(ANSA) - Vatican City, March 21 - Pope Francis will
celebrate his first Maundy Thursday next week with a mass inside
Rome's Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center, the Vatican
announced Thursday.
Also known as Holy Thursday, the feast day celebrates the
Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his apostles."In his ministry as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) used to celebrate this mass in a prison or hospital or home for the poor," said the Vatican in a statement. With the mass inside Casal del Marmo, "Pope Francis will continue the tradition, which should be characterized by a context of simplicity".
Francis will celebrate a mass inside St Peter's Basilica earlier on the same day.
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