Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass at Centre for disabled
April 09, 2014: Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Thursday Mass at a rehabilitation
Centre for the disabled, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The centre for the disabled
is run by the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation in Rome. Known as the St. Mary of Providence
Centre, it has 150 beds for patients suffering from disabilities or requiring rehabilitation
because of neuro-motor impairments. Last year, Pope Francis celebrated the Holy Thursday
Mass at a Rome prison for juvenile offenders, where he washed the feet of young male
and female inmates. Pope Francis will hold the Holy Thursday morning chrism Mass
at St. Peter's Basilica as is customary and bless the oils used for sacraments in
the Diocese of Rome Source: Sedoc