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Chile’s women prisoners hope pope highlights realities of their lives
SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — For Estefania, an inmate at San Joaquin women’s prison, the hardest part of being jailed is not being able to live with her son.
Explore prison life, then mentor Catholic inmates [VIDEO]
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Slain priest’s killer sentenced to life in prison
The man arrested for the 2014 murder of Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP, and the aggravated assault on Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP, will spend the rest of his life in prison. That was the decision of Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Pete Reinstein at a sentencing hearing April 7.
Visit the imprisoned: Terry Samaniego brings mercy, love of God to inmates
“Who died beside Jesus, one to the left and one to the right? Prisoners." "“The difference between you and me is that you got caught," a prison volunteer tells inmates.
Prison volunteers provide powerful witness to God’s mercy
An array of negative emotions swirls behind the barbed wire, steel bars and cold concrete walls that surround jails and prisons across Arizona, but so does hope thanks to Catholic volunteers.
Pope tells Mexican prisoners society needs system of ‘social health’
Locking up inmates is another symptom of the "throwaway culture" Pope Francis often decries and "a symptom of a culture that has stopped supporting life, of a society that has abandoned its children."
Tide may be turning against harsh prison sentences
An historic prison visit by a sitting president and his recent commutations for 46 federal prisoners show evidence of an emerging consensus that sentences are too harsh and that many prisoners are locked up for far longer than necessary.
At Bolivian prison, pope calls himself man ‘saved from his many sins’
Speaking on the final morning of his less than 48-hour visit to Bolivia, the pope called for conversion and a changing of attitudes among inmates in their relations among each other and the broader society, which often views such populations with suspicions.
There but for the grace of God: What Pope Francis thinks of prisoners
When visiting a prison, Pope Francis said, "I think to myself, 'I, too, could be here.' That is, none of us can be sure that we would never commit a crime, something for which we'd be put in prison."
Pope asks prisoners to pray that Christ make him a better servant
He greeted, hugged, clasped hands with and kissed the scores of inmates outside lining the barricade. Many held plastic rosaries out to be blessed; others wanted just to stroke his hand or ask him to pray for someone in a picture they showed him.