Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

As Catholic mourners reflect on the life of Pope Francis, tales are emerging of his final actions — stories that confirm his care and mercy towards prisoners, whom he repeatedly showed were ...

On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called for nations to give out amnesties and pardons to prisoners during the Jubilee year.

Two prisoners currently serving sentences in Rome’s Rebibbia prison obtained special permission to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s general audience this past Wednesday. “We received an official ...

On the last day of his trip to Mexico, Pope Francis visited a prison, spoke to business leaders and workers, and hosted a Mass near the U.S.-Mexico border. At the border, the Pontiff asked the world ...

This cooperative, located within the walls of Casal del Marmo prison and partially funded by the Pontiff, aims to help young people in their social and work reintegration to prevent recidivism. It's 2 ...

The pope said we have an obligation to promote in every place "a society established on new criteria, and ultimately on charity." ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis will have a nice place to sit when he meets with Philadelphia prisoners next month. Inmates in the city's correctional system have been working for the past couple of ...

Pope Leo XIV has strongly criticised prison overcrowding and inadequate inmate rehabilitation programmes, delivering his message during a special Mass for detainees, guards, and their families at the ...

VATICAN CITY — In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them ...

Pope Francis had a nice place to sit when he met with Philadelphia prisoners on Sunday. Inmates in the city's correctional system worked for more than a month on a stately chair they hand-carved out ...