During the Mass "in Coena Domini" on Holy Thursday, Pope Leo will wash the feet of twelve priests - eleven of whom he ordained last year.
Vatican News On Holy Thursday, Pope Leo XIV is set to wash the feet of twelve priests during the Mass in Coena Domini. The liturgy will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. The Diocese of Rome issued a statement announcing the names of the 12 priests: Fr. Andrea Alessi, Fr. Gabriele Di Menno Di Bucchianico, Fr. Renzo Chiesa, Fr. Francesco Melone, Fr. Clody Merfalen, Fr. Federico Pelosio, Fr. Marco Petrolo, Fr. Pietro Hieu Nguyen Huai, Fr. Matteo Renzi, Fr. Giuseppe Terranova, Fr. Simone Troilo, and Fr. Enrico Maria Trusiani. Eleven of them were ordained last year by Pope Leo XIV. Fr. Renzo Chiesa, on the other hand, is the spiritual director of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary. At the end of the liturgy, the Pope will carry the Blessed Sacrament to the place of repose, in the Chapel of Saint Francis.