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Pope Francis washes the feet of Muslim migrants.

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Pope Says “we are brothers and kissed the feet of Refugees as a guesture to brotherhood.”

topshots this handout picture released by the vatican press office on march 28, 2013 shows pope francis (r) kissing the feet of a young offender after washing them during a mass at the church of the casal del marmo youth prison on the outskirts of rome as part of holy thursday. pope francis washed the feet of 12 young offenders including two girls at a rome prison on thursday in an unprecedented version of an ancient easter ritual seen as part of an effort by the new pope to bring the catholic church closer to the needy. afp photo / osservatore romano/ho restricted to editorial use - mandatory credit "afp photo / osservatore romano" - no marketing no advertising campaigns - distributed as a service to clients-/afp/getty images
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Pope Francis condemned the attack in Brussels and Said about those behind such violence :” There are manufacturers, arms dealers who want blood ,
not peace ; they want the war , not fraternity, ”
the pope said.
“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 said 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 . ‘”

“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

Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim ,
Orthodox , Hindu and Catholic refugees in a moving
ceremony during Holy Thursday Mass at a refugee centre
on the outskirts of Rome as reported by Luigi Navarro & Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press
Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016.

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They were refugees from Mali , Eritrea, Syria and
Pakistan. They were Muslim , Hindu , Catholic
and Coptic Christians . And one by one , Pope
Francis knelt down before these migrants on
Holy Thursday and washed their feet .
The ritual , performed in a center for asylum
seekers outside of Rome , comes amid anti-
immigrant sentiment in Europe and in the wake
of a terrorist attack in Brussels , for which the
Islamic State has claimed responsibility.
All of us together , Muslims , Hindus , Catholics ,
Copts , Evangelical [ Protestants ] brothers and
sisters — children of the same God — we want
to live in peace , integrated , ” Francis said during
his homily .

The foot – washing ritual became a part of Holy
Thursday Mass in the 1950 s . Jesus washed the
feet of his 12 apostles at the Last Supper . The
symbolic act also imitates Jesus’ s gesture of
servitude .

A number of the migrants whose feet were
washed by the pope had tears streaming down
their faces.

 

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