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 ...

Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since ...

It is the first time such a door had been opened by a pope at a prison since the start of the Jubilee year tradition by Pope ...

In the wake of the Pope’s prison visit Dec. 26, the Register spoke with Catholic prison-ministry workers around the United ...

After opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Francis December 26 inaugurated the second Holy Door of the ...

"I therefore encourage the rulers of countries with a Christian tradition to set a good example by cancelling or reducing as ...

Alemanno was reportedly arrested for violating the obligations imposed by the magistrates. He has been in Rebibbia prison ...

As the Pope left the Rebibbia prison, he stopped to greet the 300 inmates and staff who had waited outside of the crowded chapel on the cold December morning. Pope Francis walks through the Holy ...

Francis stood up from his wheelchair, knocked on the door to the chapel at Rebibbia prison and walked across the threshold, reenacting the gesture he performed at the Holy Door of St. Peter’s ...