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  • April 8, 2020

Cardinal Pell released from prison after court overturns conviction

VALLA BEACH, Australia (CNS) — Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars...
  • April 7, 2020

Pope prays for solution to overcrowded prisons during pandemic

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While countries have enforced social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,...
  • March 20, 2020

At Mass, pope prays for prisoners, families

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis began his early morning Mass praying for prisoners experiencing great uncertainty and...
  • September 25, 2019

New Lithuanian cardinal, ‘strong internally,’ spent time in Soviet prison

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Lithuania’s new cardinal, a veteran of Soviet prisons and labor camps, counts on not...
  • July 30, 2019

Once imprisoned, Chinese woman now guides others to the Catholic faith

Others can try to take away or scare away the practice of the faith, but that's where private...
  • April 19, 2019

Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet

ROME (CNS) — Jesus’ gesture of washing His disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves,...
  • March 26, 2019

Inmates embrace fresh start on friendships, life, through prison ministry support

One volunteer greets inmates upon release with a metal cylinder containing small, essential gifts. It's also "their bucket...
  • March 25, 2019

Juniper House provides hope for Flagstaff women leaving prison

For one Flagstaff woman, an unstable living condition led to homelessness, drug addiction and a life of crime....
  • December 27, 2018

Pennsylvania priest sent to prison after guilty plea in abuse case

He is the first priest convicted of charges stemming from a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation that focused on...
  • May 4, 2018

Imprisoned clergy of Dachau remembered for fearless faith

EMMITSBURG, Md. (CNS) — When a virulent typhus epidemic swept through a World War II concentration camp in...