He visited them in the various countries he traveled to and even, for the Jubilee of Hope, decided to open a Holy Door himself at the Rebibbia prison for the first time in history. During his ...

Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis arrived on Thursday to meet with inmates at a prison in Rome amid the Catholic Holy Week, making a rare public appearance after his lengthy hospital stay last month.

Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, where he met with nearly ... the celebration for the closing of the Holy Door on Nov. 20, 2016. (Photo by Grzegorz Galazka ...

In an extraordinary witness of Christian love, Pope Francis visited Rome’s Regina Coeli prison just before 3 p.m. this Holy Thursday ... “Every time I enter these doors, I ask myself ...

Pope Francis, still recovering after his recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, made a surprise visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday, continuing his long-standing tradition ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis visited Rome's central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate ...