There is neither a better time nor occasion than the Jubilee Year to abolish the death penalty in the United States, ...

The opening of the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica officially launched the Jubilee Year, a Catholic tradition which dates back to the year 1300 and is only held every 25 years. Francis has long made ...

Pope Francis walks through the Holy Door at Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St. Stephen, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (photo: Vatican Media / VM) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican December ...

Speaking to hundreds of inmates, guards and staff at the Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome, Francis said he wanted to open the door, part of the prison chapel, and one of only five that ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison on a frigid morning. He knocked on the door to the chapel and walked ...

The pope’s Thursday Mass in Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St. Stephen — the first Christian martyr — marked a profound beginning to the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Hope ...

The year of the couldn't have started worse than this.former mayor of Rome, John Alemanno, who was arrested and taken to prison RebibbiaThe arrest and revocation of probation to social services was ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first ...

Speaking to hundreds of inmates, guards and staff at the Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome, Francis said he wanted to open the door, part of the prison chapel, and one of only five that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis inaugurated his ... Francis stood up from his wheelchair, knocked on the door to the chapel at Rebibbia prison and walked across the threshold, reenacting the gesture ...