Suicides, deaths, overcrowding, doubled number of inmates awaiting trial, 19 thousand foreign inmates, 17 thousand drug ...

Rebibbia prison, built in 1946, is Italy's largest penal institution, housing over 62,000 inmates, with a critical overcrowding rate exceeding 132%. First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300 ...

In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.

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

Pope Francis goes to Rome's Rebibbia prison to open a Holy Door, one of only five that will be open during the 2025 Catholic Holy Year. Watch more on Independent TV: https://www.independent.co.uk ...

Pope Francis, who has made more than a dozen visits to prisons during his pontificate, opened a Holy Door at the chapel of Rebibbia Prison in Rome the day after Christmas, two days after he ...

Over half a million people have already passed through the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica since Pope Francis opened it on Christmas Eve to kick off the Catholic Church's Jubilee 2025, the Vatican ...

Pilgrims pass through the Holy Door at the Basilica of St ... in the history of jubilees — inside Rome’s Rebibbia Prison. “The dark door of time, of the future, has been thrown open.

Pope Francis marked a historic moment by celebrating Mass at Rebibbia Prison on the feast of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr. The Mass on December 26, 2024, celebrated the opening of the ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a ...

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 Basilica ...