Pope Francis told the group, “It is important to seek out what is positive at a time when life is not at its most beautiful. Seek the positive in order to keep going forward.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Platitudes are not enough. We need to see criminal justice reform in action.
Reuben Jonathan Miller’s new book cuts through the noise about criminal justice reform to lay bare what life is really like on the other side of a prison sentence.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Who is Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest (still) sitting in an Indian prison?
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy remains incarcerated in Mumbai after a judge denied his bail request. Father Swamy’s arrest almost six months ago followed a two-year-long period of interrogation, raids of his home and seizure of his personal property, including electronic communications devices.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
A Covid-19 vaccine has finally arrived. Prisoners must be prioritized.
Catholic social teaching proclaims all life is sacred and that the morality of a society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Formerly incarcerated people: No, quarantine is not ‘just like prison’
Feeling restless because we cannot go out to eat or attend a concert hardly amounts to involuntary incarceration.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
San Quentin joins a growing list of U.S. prisons overwhelmed by coronavirus
George Williams, S.J., the Catholic chaplain at San Quentin, spoke with America about conditions inside the prison and what needs to be done to protect its especially at-risk inmates.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis oversees an emotional Way of the Cross in empty square
In an empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis presided over the historic ‘Via Crucis” with help from groups of health care workers and prisoners.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis, prison guards provide meditations on the aftermath of crime
Prison guards, probation officers and volunteers also authored some of the meditations, which were released in Italian April 3 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican publishing house.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ill-prepared for Covid-19, Mexico City prisons continue to allow visitors
At each of Mexico City’s 13 prisons, hundreds of people are still admitted each visiting day to see their imprisoned family members. For the inmates, they are a vital lifeline.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic
The pope prayed for prisoners and their families who are unable to visit because of the Italian government’s strict social-distancing measures.