RNS: Pope Francis' Inclusive Foot Washings Of Women And Lay People Upset Religious Traditionalists
15. april 2014
David Gibson skriver i Religion News Service (RNS) bl.a.:
"On Thursday evening (April 17), in a familiar reprise of an ancient rite, Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wis., will wash the feet of 12 men, all seminarians — a re-creation of Jesus’ action at the Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples and, according to Catholic doctrine, formally instituted the priesthood.
That same evening, thousands of miles away, Pope Francis will also observe the Holy Thursday rite, though not in a cathedral like Morlino but at a center for people with disabilities. There he will wash the feet of a number of residents, all lay people and perhaps some of them women and even non-Christians or nonbelievers."
"Is the pope a dissenter? Or are Morlino and others being legalistic? What does the foot washing ritual represent, anyway?"
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