Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since ...

Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

In 2014, an ancient gladiator school was discovered in ... led in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century A.D. "It was a prison; they were prisoners," said Wolfgang Neubauer, the lead author ...

Graffiti, produced by an inmate of an ancient Roman prison in Corinth, Greece, contained a chilling message for captors.

Seated in his wheelchair in front of the church door, Pope Francis had prayed: "In the joy of Christmas, let us welcome the ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia says six drug traffickers have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in distributing drugs around Rome, Ga. According ...