Pope Francis blows inside an amphora containing holy oil during a Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Thursday, March 24, 2016.
Pope Francis has washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, Hindu and Catholic refugees in a gesture of welcome and brotherhood.
Several of the migrants wept as Francis knelt before them during a Holy Thursday Mass with asylum-seekers at a refugee shelter in Castelnuovo di Porto, outside Rome. He poured holy water from a brass pitcher over their feet, wiped them clean and kissed them.
In his homily, Francis said: "We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace."
Francis also denounced the Brussels attacks as a "gesture of war" carried out by bloodthirsty people beholden to arms traffickers.
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