Paul’s epistle to the Philippians, composed in chains and secreted out of his Roman jail cell, is intentionally “counter-slavery” argues Father Cassidy, professor of Sacred Scripture at ...

Paul tells us in Romans 16:7 that Andronicus and his wife, Junia, were both imprisoned for the sake of Jesus: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me.

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis arrived on Thursday to meet with inmates at a prison in Rome amid the Catholic Holy Week, making a rare public appearance after his lengthy hospital stay last month ...

Pope Francis visited Rome's Regina Coeli prison on April 17, where despite his ongoing recovery from double pneumonia, he continued his Holy Thursday tradition of meeting with inmates.

Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass "InCoenaDomini" -- or The Lords Supper -- with the traditional rite of washing feet to commemorate what Jesus ...