Speaking to hundreds of inmates, guards and staff at the Rebibbia prison on the outskirts of Rome, Francis said he wanted to ...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St. Stephen, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media The pope’s visit began with a solemn ritual as he ...

The Cuban government announced that it would release hundreds of political prisoners, citing inspiration from Pope Francis' ...

Francis visited Rebibbia prison outside Rome, where he opened what the church calls a "holy door." During the year, Francis will open five such doors—they are typically sealed shut the rest of ...

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

Pope Francis returned to Rebibbia Prison. The second Holy Door of the Jubilee 2025, after the one at St. Peter's on Christmas night, he chose to open in a prison to symbolize the close connection ...

Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its thres ...

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 ...

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 ...