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While popes have for centuries washed the feet of the faithful on the day before Good Friday, never before had a pontiff washed the feet of a woman. That one of the female inmates at the prison in Rome was also a Serbian Muslim was also a break with tradition.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere is no better way to show his service for the smallest, for the least fortunate,\u201d said Gaetano Greco, a local chaplain.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pope Francis<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>washed the feet of 12 inmates aged 14 to 21, among them the two women, the second of whom was an Italian Catholic. Mr Greco said he hoped the ritual would be \u201ca positive sign in their lives\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Catholic traditionalists are likely to be riled by the inclusion of women in the ceremony because of the belief that all of Jesus\u2019 disciples were male.<\/span><\/div>\n
The pontiff, who has largely disregarded protocol since his election earlier this month, urged his fellow clerics before the ceremony to prioritise the poor.<\/span><\/div>\n
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