Pope Francis is visiting the Holy See’s pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale: the women’s prison on the island of ...
ROME, March 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis looked well as he washed and kissed the feet of 12 women prisoners on Thursday at a traditional ritual on the first of four event-filled days leading to ...
Francis is traveling to Venice to check out the Holy See’s pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale. It’s a first for a pope, ...
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women from his wheelchair to mark Maundy Thursday. The 87-year-old pontiff, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, visited the Rebibbia ...
It will be the 87-year-old pope's first visit to the lagoon city since his 2013 election and he will also be the first ...
A woman with her kid touches Pope Francis' hand as he leaves after visiting the female section at Rebibbia prison, to celebrate the mass of the Lord's Supper with inmates, in Rome, Italy March 28 ...
Pope, looking well, visits female prison for foot-washing ritual Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo / Gregorio ...
The female section of the prison, one of Italy’s largest, holds about 370 inmates who are jailed for various offenses. Francis is the first pope to hold the foot-washing ceremony outside ...
Pope Francis kisses the foot of an inmate at Casal del Marmo juvenile prison during his visit for a foot washing service, in Rome, Italy, on April 6, 2023. PHOTO: Vatican Media via Reuters ...