Pope Francis has celebrated a jubilee Mass for prisoners and called on governments to consider granting some prisoners early release.
At his Sunday Angelus address, the Pope called for “an act of clemency toward those imprisoned who are considered eligible to benefit from this measure”. He also said civil authorities should work to improve living conditions for those serving time “so that the human dignity of prisoners may be fully respected.”
The previous day, Francis celebrated a Mass attended by 1,000 current and former prisoners from 12 countries, as well as priests, men and women religious, and laypeople who work in prison ministry.
