During his 13-year pontificate, Pope Francis made the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper and the washing of feet into one of its distinct hallmarks. Instead of celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, he often visited prisons, where he washed the feet of the underprivileged and celebrated Mass for them.

Pope Leo marked the first Good Friday of his papacy, presiding over a traditional "Way of the Cross" procession at Rome's famed Colosseum on Friday (April 3).

At the first station, marking the moment Jesus was condemned to death, the meditation prepared especially for Leo's first Good Friday underlined that those with authority will have to answer to God fo...