Concert at the Santa Maria dell’Olivo convent in Maciano, Italy, in July 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Amici della Nave Association
Rome Newsroom, Feb 17, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis received heartfelt letters from inmates at Milan’s San Vittore prison after his hospitalization forced the cancellation of a planned meeting where the prisoners were to perform in a special concert.
The Holy Father knows well that judicial sentences are served behind bars and, above all, in the heart. That’s where he intended to enter this Monday, Feb. 17, when he was scheduled to meet with a group of inmates from San Vittore prison at Rome’s historic Cinecittà studios.