US EditionA recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointment
- Pope Francis, recovering from pneumonia, visited Rome's Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday.
- The visit continued his tradition of marking Holy Week with marginalized communities.
- Francis, still convalescing, met with approximately 70 inmates at the prison in Trastevere.
- The motorcade entered the prison around 3 p.m. and left about 20 minutes later.
- Despite ongoing health concerns, Pope Francis' visit highlighted his commitment to prison ministry.
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His visit to a prison on Holy Thursday fuels the question that many Catholics have raised: Does Pope Francis, still breathing heavily, appear publicly at Easter? He himself keeps all possibilities open.
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Pope visits Rome prison, meets with 70 prisoners for Holy Week
ROME – Pope Francis despite technically observing a two-month period of rest after a 38 day hospitalization ventured out twice Thursday, once to greet hospital staff who cared for him, and once to greet prisoners amid Holy Week. On Holy Thursday the pope, who usually visits a prison, or a center for migrants or the disabled, to celebrate Mass of the Lord’s Supper and wash the feet of inmates, paid a private visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison. T…
Pope visits prisoners in Rome prison
Pope pays surprise visit to prison
Pope Francis visited the Regina Coeli prison in Rome for about half an hour on Thursday. Photo: Vatican Media via Reuters Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, has paid a surprise visit to Rome's Regina Coeli, one of Italy's most overcrowded prisons, to offer well-wishes to inmates.
The Vatican Press Office reported on Thursday that Pope Francis visited the detention center, Regina Coeli of Rome, as part of the Pascual Triduum, where he held a meeting with 70 inmates. READ ALSO: Pope Francis calls priests to “come out of clericalism” at Misa Crismal “I like to do every year what Jesus did on Holy Thursday, the washing of my feet, in prison,” Francis said. During the meeting, his holiness shared with the detainees about thei…
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