Pope Francis, 87, met inmates, staff and volunteers at Giudecca jail during first trip outside Rome for months The pope has met female prisoners in Venice who are stars of the Vatican’s pavilion ...
The one-day trip to Venice will be closely watched amid concerns over the fragile health of Francis, who has toured the world extensively in his 11 years as pope but has not travelled since ...
Incarcerated women serve as guides to the show, which reflects Pope Francis’ longtime commitment to society’s marginalized people. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Venice and Vatican City ...
Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art ...
From the women's prison in Venice, which hosts the Holy See's official pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Art, Pope Francis ...
Pope Francis began his visit to Venice on Sunday with a meeting with women prisoners at the Giudecca Women’s Prison. The prisoners and their guards gathered in the prison courtyard where the Pope, ...
The Pope has urged prisoners to view their time behind bars as a chance for “moral and material rebirth”, as he viewed an art ...
Pope Francis begins his pastoral visit to Venice at the Giudecca Women’s Prison, where he tells female inmates that he very ...
The pontiff spent time talking to prisoners at Giudecca jail, which is hosting the Vatican pavilion of the Venice Biennale ...
Pope Francis on Sunday visited a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the watery city representing the 87-year-old pontiff's first trip outside Rome for seven months. The one-day trip to ...
The Pope has urged prisoners to view their time behind bars as a chance for “moral and material rebirth”, as he viewed an art show in a women’s jail in Venice. Francis travelled to the ...