Pope spends nearly three hours in a Roman prison washing the feet of twelve prisoners

The pope washed the feet of twelve prisoners in a prison outside Rome, a custom he had observed nine years before he was elected pope, but he did so when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires.

In a ceremony without cameras or journalists, Pope Mass celebrated at the Civadavia prison in the suburbs of Rome. Francisco arrived at 3:00 pm and left at 6:50 pm, prison officials said.

The Vatican press office did not provide any information.

In the morning, the Pope celebrated Christmas Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, in which, every year, all the priests of the Roman clergy participated and were blessed with the holy oil used in the churches of the capital in the rites of Italian consecration. And sick anointing.

Cardinal Pergoglio also celebrated hospitality on Holy Thursday in a prison, hospital or hospital for the poor or marginalized in Buenos Aires.

In 2017, the Pope went to the maximum security prison of the fortress Pauliano, south of Rome, where he washed up twelve prisoners, including three women and a Muslim. Mafia members are the only prison in Italy who have decided to cooperate with justice in exchange for a reduced sentence called “collaborators with justice”. Instead, in 2018, Pontif chose Rome’s Central Prison as ‘Regina Collie’, in which he visited Section VIII, which punishes prisoners who commit crimes of a sexual nature.

In 2019, Francis celebrated Holy Thursday services at the Veletri Prison in Rome. This gesture was interrupted by infection. Last year, on April 27, at the private residence of the deposed Cardinal Angelo Pocheu, the Pope celebrated the return of the washing of the apostles’ feet during the Last Supper, “In Goyana Domini”. Vatican probe into illegal acquisition of property in London

However, one of the finest pictures of his pontificate mentions Francis kneeling while washing the feet of a group of prisoners.