On Great Thursday, 02 April 2015, Pope Francis attended the Roman prison complex "Rebibbia". In the local chaple "Our Father" His Holiness celebrated Holy Mass "the Lord's Supper," during which he performed the rite of washing the feet of twelve convicts: men, women and a child. Officers of the penitentiary police of Italy, civilian personnel and prison inmates of Rebibbia prison in Rome participated in worship. In the hands of one of the women there was a child of 2.5 years. Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of the child of prisoner women of African descent.
His Holiness Pope Francis told inmates of a Rome prison that God’s love is personal and endless, emphasizing that he too needs forgiveness and purification.
“Today I will wash the feet of 12 of you, but among these brothers and sisters are all of you, all of you, all--all that live here. You represent them,” the Pope told inmates of the Rebibbia New Complex Prison at the April 2 Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
However, Pope Francis stressed that “I, too, need to be washed by the Lord, so please, during the Mass, pray for me, so that God cleans my dirtiness, so that I, too, can be your slave, at the service of the people, as Jesus was.”
For the first time in the history the Bishop of Rome celebrated Holy Mass "The Lord's Supper" in prison on March 28, 2013. So, as did Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, when he was an Archbishop of Buenos Aires. The worship was not celebrated in the Cathedral, but he said, "in the vicinity of human existence": in hospitals, homes for the elderly, homeless or prisons. A few days after the election, now as Pope Francis, he decided to celebrate this Holy Mass in the Roman correctional institution for juveniles called «Casal del Marmo».
His Holiness Pope Francis told inmates of a Rome prison that God’s love is personal and endless, emphasizing that he too needs forgiveness and purification.
“Today I will wash the feet of 12 of you, but among these brothers and sisters are all of you, all of you, all--all that live here. You represent them,” the Pope told inmates of the Rebibbia New Complex Prison at the April 2 Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
However, Pope Francis stressed that “I, too, need to be washed by the Lord, so please, during the Mass, pray for me, so that God cleans my dirtiness, so that I, too, can be your slave, at the service of the people, as Jesus was.”
For the first time in the history the Bishop of Rome celebrated Holy Mass "The Lord's Supper" in prison on March 28, 2013. So, as did Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, when he was an Archbishop of Buenos Aires. The worship was not celebrated in the Cathedral, but he said, "in the vicinity of human existence": in hospitals, homes for the elderly, homeless or prisons. A few days after the election, now as Pope Francis, he decided to celebrate this Holy Mass in the Roman correctional institution for juveniles called «Casal del Marmo».
On Holy Thursday April 17, 2014 the Holy Father carried out a moving ritual washing of the feet in one of the rehabilitation centers of Charity Foundation of Don Carlo Gnocchi, in the center of Rome, «Santa Maria della Provvidenza» - «Blessed Virgin Mary of Providence» for patients of varying degrees of disability which also provides vocational training for people with disabilities.
As befor the election, as a Pope, now His Holiness Pope Francis leads the Church to better understanding of crime and redemption, the issue of justice and mercy, overcoming alienation of relatively small ones in this world.
As befor the election, as a Pope, now His Holiness Pope Francis leads the Church to better understanding of crime and redemption, the issue of justice and mercy, overcoming alienation of relatively small ones in this world.
Penitentiary pastoral care of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.
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