Pope to wash feet of 12 inmates inc. 3 women, one Muslim

(ANSA) - Vatican City, April 13 - Pope Francis will wash the feet of 12 prison inmates on Thursday recalling Jesus's washing the feet of his apostles at the Last Supper, the Vatican said.
    The inmates, at Paliano prison south of Rome, will include three women, a Muslim who is set to be baptised in June, and Argentinian and an Albanian, it said.
    The other six inmates are Italian, two of them lifers. Paliano hosts a number of high-security Mafia offenders, The ritual kicks off Francis's Easter duties which include the Stations of the Cross around the Colosseum on Good Friday, Easter vigil mass on Saturday in St Peter's, and the 'Urbi et Orbi' (To the City and the World) blessing on Easter Sunday.