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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

The Vatican said the opening of the "Holy Door" at Rome's Rebibbia prison was 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...