Among the group at the Casal del Marmo were two females and two Muslims.
Among the group at the Casal del Marmo were two women and two Muslims.
Pope Francis will stage his feet-washing ceremony at Casal del Marmo on the afternoon of 28 March.
BBC: Pope Francis to wash feet of prisoners in pre-Easter Mass
Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo, presents Peter Pan as a grown-up American family man named Peter Banning (Robin Williams).
But Pope Benedict held a feet-washing Mass at the same Casal del Marmo youth detention centre in Rome in 2007.
BBC: Pope Francis to wash feet of prisoners in pre-Easter Mass
Guided tours are available of the Candoglia quarry, which is situated 9 miles from Stresa (Antica Cava di Marmo, Ornavasso).
The Mass was held in the Casal del Marmo facility in Rome, where 46 young men and women currently are detained.
"With this celebration at Casal del Marmo, Pope Francis will continue this custom, which is characterised by its humble context, " a statement by the Vatican said.
BBC: Pope Francis to wash feet of prisoners in pre-Easter Mass
On Thursday, Francis will break with tradition by celebrating the Mass of the Lord's Supper, which includes the gesture of the washing of feet, at the Casal del Marmo youth detention center, the Vatican said last week.
On Thursday, Francis will break with tradition by celebrating the Mass of the Lord's Supper -- which is centered on the gesture of the washing of feet -- at the Casal del Marmo youth detention center, the Vatican said.
During Thursday's intimate service at Casal del Marmo, the Pope washed and kissed the feet of 12 young detainees to replicate the Bible's account of Jesus Christ's gesture of humility towards his 12 apostles on the night before he was crucified.
There were certainly none of those trappings on display Thursday at the Casal del Marmo juvenile detention facility in Rome, where the 76-year-old Francis got down on his knees to wash and kiss the feet of 12 inmates, two of them women.
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