This goes against the Christian family teachings where man is the head of the household and woman are the servant member of God’s creation.

In her 50th Easter season as a nun, Sister Antonia Sanchez participated in something new.

For the past 49 years, since she joined the order of Religious Mary Immaculate at age 16, Sanchez has watched priests wash the feet of men on Holy Thursday. This week, Sanchez was before the altar herself at the nation’s preeminent Catholic shrine. She was the one removing her shoes and socks. And then the pope’s representative to America washed her feet. MORE