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Rome, Italy, Mar 27, 2013 \/ 04:59 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Francis\u2019 decision to wash the feet of 12 young people at a juvenile detention center on Holy Thursday is being described as a display of love for the young people and invitation to renewal.<\/p>\n

\tPrison chaplain Father Gaetano Greco told CNA that the Pope\u2019s visit \u201cwill make them see that their lives are not bound by a mistake, that forgiveness exists and that they can begin to build their lives again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFr. Greco confirmed that Pope Francis will wash the feet of 12 of the young people at the detention center after the Vatican announced that the new Holy Father was planning to celebrate the Mass of the Lord\u2019s Supper at Rome\u2019s Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center on Holy Thursday.<\/p>\n

\tSome of the young men volunteered to have their feet washed, Fr. Greco explained, while others were given an invitation to help them overcome their embarrassment or self-consciousness.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBut all of them are very happy, and the visit will make them think, reconsider and understand that there are people in this world who are concerned for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tHe added that many of the juveniles come from broken families and have sought an escape in drugs and crime.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat Pope Francis himself is concerned for them is very significant, because it exposes this problem that so many disadvantaged boys and girls are experiencing,\u201d the priest said.<\/p>\n

\tThe residents chosen to have their feet washed by the Pope range in age from 16 to 21 years old.<\/p>\n

\tPope Francis\u2019 visit to the juvenile detention center means that he will not celebrate Holy Thursday at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.<\/p>\n

\tIn 2007, former Pope Benedict XVI also celebrated Holy Thursday Mass at the prison.<\/p>\n

\tOn that occasion, Benedict said, \u201cLife without God doesn\u2019t work because it has no light.\u201d He encouraged the young people \u201cto abandon sin and chose to return to God.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cLet us together take this journey of interior liberation,\u201d he told them.<\/p>\n

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