No cell can keep prisoners from God, says Pope
Pope Francis said his care, concern and prayers for those in prison flow from a recognition that he is human like they are. “Thinking about this is good for me: When we have the same weakness, why did...
View ArticleBishop: keep more mothers who commit crime with their children
The bishop for prisons has said more must be done to ensure that female criminals are not separated from their children through imprisonment. In his first public lecture, Bishop Richard Moth said:...
View ArticleEx-convicts don’t stand a chance in Britain
Fifty years ago, just about everybody in Britain could recite the Lord’s Prayer. It was still routinely said every day in school assemblies and it contains that crucial line “Forgive us our trespasses...
View ArticlePope tells prisoners he is a man ‘saved from his many sins’
Pope Francis has called himself “a man who was and is saved from his many sins” as he visited one of Latin America’s most notorious prisons. “I couldn’t leave Bolivia without seeing you, without...
View ArticleBishop ‘encouraged’ by David Cameron’s plan for prison reform
The lead bishop for prisons in England Wales has said he was “very encouraged” by David Cameron’s recent speech on prison reform. On Monday, the Prime Minister announced “the biggest shake-up of...
View ArticlePope tells prisoners: be certain that God loves you personally
The Pope has written to prisoners reassuring them that “God loves them personally”. After receiving a letter from prisoners detained in a prison in the Italian city of Velletri, a short distance from...
View ArticlePope to preside over Jubilee Masses for prisoners and the homeless
The last three months of the Year of Mercy include Jubilee celebrations for the imprisoned and for homeless people. Releasing a schedule of liturgical celebrations over which Pope Francis will preside,...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 04/11/16
A thousand prisoners from 12 countries will have the chance to walk through the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday. The Vatican is preparing to put Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron on trial...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 07/11/16
At yesterday’s Angelus, Pope Francis urged authorities to mark the Year of Mercy with “an act of clemency” towards prisoners (full text, full video). The Pope celebrated a Jubilee Mass for prisoners on...
View ArticleChristians must show mercy to prisoners, Pope tells general audience
Visiting the sick and the imprisoned are works of mercy that not only benefit the suffering and the abandoned, but benefit the visitors who are enriched by being with those who suffer like Christ, Pope...
View ArticleImprisonment without hope for the future is torture, Pope says
Although prisoners must pay a price for their crimes, incarceration must not be used as a method of torture but rather as an opportunity to become contributing members of society, Pope Francis has...
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