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Pope Francis Washes and Kisses Feet of Muslim Migrants

By Margo Gothelf 2 min read
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Source: AP
Source: Vatican Press Office via AFP/Getty Images)
Source: Vatican Press Office via AFP/Getty Images)

In an effort to bring different cultures together, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 immigrants during Holy Thursday. The refugees were from Mali, Eritrea, Syria, and Pakistan with Catholic, Coptic Christian, Muslim, Hindu backgrounds.

During the ceremony, the Pope recognized the recent terror attacks in Brussels as a “gesture of war.” The ceremony took place during a Mass at a migrant reception center in Castelnuovo di Porto, just north of Rome. The center houses about 900 asylum-seekers.

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“All of us together: Muslims, Hindus, Catholics, Copts, Evangelicals. But all brothers and children of the same God,” the Pope shared. “We want to live together in peace.”

The foot washing re-created the “ritual Jesus performed on his apostles before being crucified,” shared the Independent. Pope Francis has included non-Catholics and women in the “gesture of service” for many years now, provoking an angry debate within the community. During this year’s ceremony, eight men and four women were honored in the foot washing ritual.

“We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace,” Pope Francis recited.

Many of the migrants could be seen with tears in their eyes while the gesture was being preformed. He “poured holy water on their feet, wiped them clean and kissed them.”

A photo posted by Pope Francis (@franciscus) on Mar 24, 2016 at 9:43am PDT

During the Mass on Holy Thursday, Pope Francis addressed the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels explaining the terrorists “are manufacturers, arms dealers who want blood, not peace,” reported the Washington Post.

“You, we, all of us together, of different religions, different cultures, but children of the same Father, brothers — and there, those poor people, who buy weapons to wreck fraternity,” Francis shared during Holy Thursday. “Today, at this time, when I do the same act of Jesus washing the feet of twelve of you, let us all make a gesture of brotherhood, and let us all say: ‘We are different, we are different, we have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace.'”

This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has spoken out about immigration and the refugee crisis. In a statement earlier this year, he describes the migration as “a structural reality.”

“Migrants are our brothers and sisters in search of a better life, far away from poverty, hunger, exploitation and the unjust distribution of the planet’s resources which are meant to be equitably shared by all,” the Pope said.

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