You won't believe what happens in Italian penitentiaries during the summer. A former mayor tells the truth about Rebibbia and ...

Rome's Rebibbia prison hosted the first edition of the "Games of Hope" which saw inmates play alongside magistrates and ...

Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since becoming pope in 2013.

Pope Francis opens a Holy Door, one of only five that will be open during the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, at Rebibbia prison, in Rome, Dec. 26, 2024.

Chaos at Rebibbia: A Call for Reform A violent protest erupted in Rome's Rebibbia prison, highlighting ongoing tensions and sparking demands for systemic changes in the regional prison management.

Vatican City, Jun 6, 2025 / 14:45 pm. Two prisoners currently serving sentences in Rome’s Rebibbia prison obtained special permission to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s general audience this ...

Pope Francis crosses the threshold of the Holy Door of the Church of Our Father at Rome's Rebibbia prison Dec. 26, 2024, before presiding over a Mass with inmates, prison staff and Italian ...

ROME – When Pope Francis visits Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec. 26 to open a holy door as part of the official kick-off to the jubilee year, it will mark his third visit to Italy’s largest ...

Francis has dedicated the 2025 Jubilee to the theme of hope, and he will underscore that message when he opens a Holy Door on Thursday at Rome’s Rebibbia prison in a bid to give inmates hope for ...

Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope’s stamina ...

ROME – Pope Francis made a visit on Dec 26 to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special “Holy Door” for the 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was ...