Before he died, Pope Francis gave away the last of his personal savings to a cause he deeply cared about: bringing hope to those who are incarcerated.

As 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a new pope, the church's problems and perplexities remain ...

Delegate of the Holy Father, Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, presides over the Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Thursday, April. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini ...

In his care for the incarcerated, the late Holy Father shows us the extent to which Christian love can — and should — be ...

Even in death, Pope Francis remained a trailblazer — becoming the only pontiff to open, but not close, the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in what has become a fateful symbol of his papal ...

He was released in 2015 but returned to prison after being convicted of theft. Castle Huntly is Scotland’s only open prison. Britain 'secretly preparing for attack by Russia' as decades-old ...

In 2024, there was also a manhunt after Frankie Michael O’Leary absconded from HMP Sudbury, Ashbourne, which is also an open prison. In an open prison, eligible prisoners are allowed to spend ...

The official responsible for charity and prison pastoral care in Rome ... The bishop also recalled the opening of the Holy Door at Rebibbia, on the occasion of the Jubilee inauguration last ...

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 ...

A shoe fetishist who raped and murdered a woman in her own home will not be moved to an open prison, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. Christopher Farrow was jailed for life in 2000 for the ...

A damning report into Bridgend's Parc prison has found a failure to tackle an "alarming" flow of drugs led to "a spate of tragic deaths". The inspection concluded that standards had "declined ...