Mandatum: Washing of the feet

Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. Here, people who will be welcomed into the Church at the Easter Vigil have their feet washed. Church law and tradition have limited the recipients of this treatment to men, because the disciples were men. This year, however, Pope Francis changed that in the newly discovered Rite of Flinging Down and Dancing Upon. To be fair, the law had been flagrantly disregarded in parishes for years.